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PROBATE RECORDS
OF THE
Province of New Hampshire
VOL.38
176^1767
State Papers Series
Vol. 38
Edited by
OTIS G. HAMMOND
Director of the
New Hampshire Historical Society
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PUBLISHED BY
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
1940
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JOINT RESOLUTION
Relating to the preservation and publication of portions of the early state and pro-
vincial records and other state papers of New Hampshire.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
That His Excellency the Governor be hereby authorized and empowered, with the
advice and consent of the Council, to employ some suitable person — and fix his
compensation, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropri-
ated — to collect, arrange, transcribe, and superintend the publication of such
portions of the early state and provincial records and other state papers of New
Hampshire as the Governor may deem proper; and that eight hundred copies of each
volume of the same be printed by the state printer, and distributed as follows: namely,
one copy to each city and town in the state, one copy to such of the public libraries in
the state as the Governor may designate, fifty copies to the New Hampshire His-
torical Society, and the remainder placed in the custody of the state librarian, who is
hereby authorized to exchange the same for similar publications by other states.
Approved August 4, 1881.
LIST OF ESTATES
Abbott, John, Portsmouth, 1764
Adams, Ebenezer, Dover, 1765
WilHam, Londonderry, 1764
Alexander, Robert, Londonderry, 1765
Allen, Elizabeth, Greenland, 1767
William, Madbury, 1764
Anderson, John, Portsmouth, 1767
Apthorp, Henry, Portsmouth, 1765
Austin, Samuel, Somersworth, 1766 .
Ayers, John, Portsmouth, 1764
Thomas, Greenland, 1764
Bartlett, Gershom, Newton, 1765
Batchelder, Jeremiah, Kensington, 1764
Nathan, Kensington, 1764
Bean, Jonathan, Kingston, 1765
Joseph, Raymond, 1764
Joseph, Kingston, 1766 .
Miriam, Kingston, 1764
Beck, Thomas, Jr., Portsmouth, 1767
Bickford, Benjamin, Durham, 1764
Thomas, Madbury, 1765
Blanchard, Nathaniel, Milford, 1766
Blood, Simeon, Nashua, 1765
Borland, Jane, Boston, Mass., 1765 .
Bowden, John, Exeter, 1765
Boynton, Nathan, Rowley, Mass., 1767
Brackett, Samuel, Newmarket, 1766 .
Samuel, 1766
Brewster, Joseph, Portsmouth, 1766 .
Brown, John, New Ipswich, 1765
73
127
97
209
396
91
384
220
297
97
61
166
115
59
122
92
370
5
401
74
125
354
198
211
206
406
268
370
360
153
VI
LIST OF ESTATES
Brown, Thomas, Hampton, 1765
Thomas, Hampton Falls, 1765
Bryant, Andrew, Plaistow, 1765 .
Buzzell, Henry, Barrington, 1764
Caldwell, Alexander, Litchfield, 1765
Canney, John, Dover, 1764
Carson, John, New Boston, 1765.
Cheney, Thomas, Plaistow, 1767.
Chesley, Jonathan, Durham, 1765
Christie, John, Windham, 1766 :
Cilley, Benjamin, Danville, 1765
Clarkson, Andrew, Portsmouth, 1765
Coburn, Zachariah, Pelham, 1767
Colburn, Thomas, Hudson, 1765
Colcord, Ebenezer, Brentwood, 1766
Collins, John, Windham, 1767
Cook, Richard, Dover, 1764
Crommett, John, Durham, 1765 .
Crown, John, Portsmouth, 1766 .
Cummings, Helen, Concord, ]\Iass., 1764
Currier, Isaac, Exeter, 1764 .
Phoebe, South Hampton, 1766
Samuel, Hampstead, 1766
Dam, Sarah, Madbury, 1766
Davis, Deliverance, Durham, 1765
Dean, Katharine, Exeter, 1766 .
Dearborn, Joseph, North Hampton, 1766
Dimond, Reuben, South Hampton, 1764
Doe, Samuel, Newmarket, 1767 .
Dow, Ezekiel, Kensington, 1766 .
John, Kensington, 1764
Duncan, William, Londonderry, 1764
Dustin, Obadiah, Salem, 1765
LIST OF ESTATES
VII
Dustln, Thomas, Salem, 1766
Dutton, Elijah, 1764
Eastman, Joseph, Kingston, 1767
Obadiah, Kingston, 1765
Obadiah, Salem, 1767
Elkins, Obadiah, Danville, 1764
Emerson, David, Plaistow, 1764 .
Estes, Joseph, Dover, 1767 .
Fernald, Humphrey, Portsmouth, 1764
Fifield, Edward, Stratham, 1765 .
Fletcher, John, New Ipswich, 1765
Foss, William, Dover, 1764 .
Fox, Benjamin, Nottingham, 1766
French, Samuel, South Hampton, 1767
Simon, Kingston, 1764 .
Zephaniah, Chester, 1764
Frost, Samuel, Portsmouth, 1764
Sarah, Portsmouth, 1766
Fuller, Thomas, Sandown, 1765 .
Fullerton, John, Epping, 1764
Furber, Moses, Newington, 1764
Gale, Daniel, Raymond, 1767
Edward, Portsmouth, 1767 .
Gambling, Mary, Portsmouth, 1764
Gerrish, Paul, Madbury, 1764
Gibbs, Robert, Portsmouth, 1767
Gilman, Jacob, Kingston, 1765 .
John, Kingston, 1765
Joseph, Newmarket, 1767
Moses, Jr., Exeter, 1767
Sarah, Exeter, 1766
Trueworthy, Exeter, 1765
356
122
392
171
398
«i
54
384
8
203
147
^2
270
414
46
82
65
246
180
31
90
400
442
37
20
441
174
233
395
383
339
159
VIU
LIST OF ESTATES
Glidden, Ann, Exeter, 1764 . . . .
Goodwin, Bartholomew, Portsmouth, 1765
Gorrell, John, Windham, 1766
Gove, Jeremiah, Hampton Falls, 1766
Graves, James, South Hampton, 1765
Phineas, Charlestown, 1767 .
Greeley, Insley, Salisbury, Mass., 1765
Richard, Portsmouth, 1766 .
Green, John, Hampton Falls, 1765
Greenwood, Thales, Portsmouth, 1766
Gregg, John, Windham, 1767
Grindall, Samuel, Portsmouth, 1766
Hale, Eliphalet, Exeter, 1765
Hall, Joseph, Newmarket, 1767
Hamblett, Josiah, Pelham, 1765
Hanson, Samuel, Epping, 1766
Hardy, Biley, Brentwood, 1766
Harriman, Abner, Plaistow, 1765
Hart, Samuel, Portsmouth, 1766
Heard, John, Dover, 1765
Heath, Joseph, Kingston, 1764
Joseph, Kingston, 1765 .
Henderson, John, Jaffrey, 1766
Hildreth, Levi, Pelham, 1765
Hill, Samuel, Rochester, 1764
Hixon, Joseph, Portsmouth, 1765
Hobbs, James, Pelham, 1765
James, Somersworth, 1767
Noah, Kensington, 1765
Holmes, Nathaniel, Londonderry, 1765
Holt, John, Andover, Mass., 1766
Horney, Hannah, Portsmouth, 1764
Hoyt, Ephraim, Chester, 1767
Hubbard, John, Epsom, 1766
LIST OF ESTATES
IX
Huggins, Nathaniel, Jr., Greenland, 1765
Hunt, Zebedee, Rye, 1764
Huntress, George, Portsmouth, 1764
Jewell, Samuel, Jr., Newton, 1765
Jewett, Joseph, Stratham, 1765 .
Johnson, Josiah, Pelham, 1764
Jones, John, Portsmouth, 1766 .
Mary, Stratham, 1766 .
Kelsey, John, Nottingham, 1764
Moses, Nottingham, 1764
Kelso, William, Londonderry, 1764
Kielle, Moses, Dover, 1766 .
Kimball, Isaac, Bradford, Mass., 1765
Kinnicum, John, Merrimack, 1766
Knight, John, Portsmouth, 1765
Lamont, Neil, Portsmouth, 1765
Langdon, William, Portsmouth, 1766
Laskey, John, Durham, 1764
Lawrence, Tilton, Stratham, 1767
Leavitt, John, Exeter, 1764 .
Lewis, William, Portsmouth, 1764
Libby, Joseph, Rye, 1764
Lincoln, Jacob, Somersworth, 1764
Little, Thomas, Plaistow, 1766 .
Lovering, John, Exeter, 1764
McCutcheon, Phedris, Harrington, 1766
Mann, , 1765 ....
Marston, Elisha, Brentwood, 1766
James, Newmarket, 1767
Jonathan, North Hampton. 1766
Martin, Jonathan, Newcastle, 1766
205
21
121
KU
140
56
348
331
22
42
6
301
219
248
238
237
343
94
432
1 1
19
43
88
345
119
292
171
287
435
252
275
LIST OF ESTATES
Mason, Samuel, Somersworth, 1765
Merrow, Benjamin, Rochester, 1764
Miller, Isaac, Rochester, 1765
Mills, Luke, Portsmouth, 1764
Montgomery, Hugh, Londonderry, 1766
Morrill, Moses, Kingston, 1766 .
Moulton, Daniel, Chester, 1764 .
Jabez, Hampton, 1767 .
Murray, James, Londonderry, 1764
William, Londonderry, 1767
Musset, John, Rochester, 1767
Nesmith, John, ^Merrimack, 1766
Nevin, James, Portsmouth, 1766
Newmarch, Joseph, Newcastle, 1765
Norris, Benjamin, Stratham, 1764
Samuel, Epping, 1764 .
Norton, Daniel, Portsmouth, 1765
Nute, Samuel, Dover, 1764 .
Odiorne, Jotham, Portsmouth, 1765
Ordway, Sarah, South Hampton, 1766
Owen, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1764
Paige, John, South Hampton, 1766
Palmer, Samuel, Hampton, 1764
Parker, Thomas, Litchfield, 1764
Thomas, Dracut, Mass., 1766
Peirce, ^lary, Portsmouth, 1764 .
Pendergast, Edmund, Durham, 1764
Perkins, Abigail, Hampton, 1764.
Moses, Hampton, 1764 .
Philbrick, Nathaniel, Epping, 1765
Philpot, Elias, Somersworth, 1764
Richard, Somersworth, 1766.
LIST OF ESTATES
XI
Pickering, Daniel, Portsmouth, 1765
James, Newington, 1766
Pinkham, Otis, Dover, 1764
Place, James, Rochester, 1764
Poor, Samuel, Raymond, 1765
Pray, Mary, Portsmouth, 1766
Prescott, Nathan, Kingston, 1764
Presson, William, Chester, 1766 .
Pulsifer, Jonathan, Brentwood, 1766
Putnam, Nathaniel, Wilton, 1766
Rand, Edmund, Hampton, 1764 .
Randall, Jacob, Portsmouth, 1764
Samuel, Somersworth, 1765 .
Richardson, Amos, Pelham, 1765
James, Dracut, Mass., 1764 .
Ricker, Thomas, Somersworth, 1764
Ritchie, William, Peterborough, 1766
Robinson, James, Brentwood, 1767
Roby, Thomas, North Hampton, 1766
Rogers, James, Londonderry, 1765
Rollins, Caleb, Stratham, 1766 .
Joshua, Exeter, 1765
^Runnells, Joseph, Dover, 1766
Thomas, Deerfield, 1766
St. Clair, George, Hampstead, 1767
Sanborn, Joshua, Epping, 1764
Richard, Nottingham, 1764 .
Sargent, Joseph, Newcastle, 1765
Sawyer, Mary, Hampstead, 1766
Senter, Jean, Londonderry, 1764.
Shackford, John, Portsmouth, 1765
Shannon, Cutts, Portsmouth, 1764
Sherburne, John, Kensington, 1767
144
4
28
232
278
107
344
316
298
47
89
210
167
25
100
346
419
249
223
280
191
277
247
438
2
5
232
341
13
181
21
434
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LIST OF ESTATES
Sherburne, Samuel, Portsmouth, 1765
Shirley, John, Chester, 1764
Sloane, William, Lyme, 1766
Smith, Ebenezer, Durham, 1764
Francis, Salem, 1766
Jacob, Nottingham, 1765
Jean, Londonderry, 1766
Joseph, Durham, 1765 .
Paul, Chester, 1766
Samuel, Dunbarton, 1764
Snell, Solomon, Harrington, 1764
Spead, John, Stratham, 1766
Stanyan, Jacob, Hampton Falls, 1764
'Stevens, Mary, Portsmouth, 1765
Stockell, Robert, Portsmouth, 1764
Swett, Mary, Hampton Falls, 1764
Tarbox, Noah, Londonderry, 1766
Taylor, Timothy, Merrimack, 1766
Thing, Daniel, Exeter, 1765
Thompson, Benjamin, Wilton, 1767
Thurston, Samuel, Exeter, 1764 .
Tibbetts, Gideon, Rochester, 1766
Obadiah, Rochester, 1765
Todd, Samuel, Peterborough, 1765
Toppan, James, Kingston, 1765 .
Towle, Anthony, Chester, 1765 .
Caleb, Jr., Danville, 1765
Twaddell, James, Salem, 1766
Twombly, John, Dover, 1764
Ulmore, Jacob, Portsmouth, 1767
Usher, John, Merrimack, 1766
Wadleigh, Philip, Exeter, 1765
Walker, Lucy, Portsmouth, 1766.
129
92
348
15
312
189
369
182
322
118
76
293
no
150
89
14
276
333
226
432
39
273
144
156
132
172
221
252
48
440
337
136
266
LIST OF ESTATES
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Walton, George, Newington, 1764
Ward, Abel, Kensington, 1766
Watson, Joseph, Dover, 1766
Webster, Josiah, Rye, 1764 .
Wentworth, Joseph, Somersworth, 1765
Wheat, Josiah, Narragansett No. 6, Mass.
White, Robert, Newcastle, 1765
Whitney, James, Dunstable, Mass., 1764
Wibird, Richard, Portsmouth, 1765
Thomas, Portsmouth, 1765 .
Wiggin, John, Stratham, 1764
Wilder, Andrew, Lancaster, Mass., 1767
Willey, John, Durham, 1766
Williams, Joseph, Durham, 1764
Wilson, Joshua, Exeter, 1766
Wingate, John, Dover, 1764
Joshua, North Hampton, 1764
Winn, Benjamin, Nottingham, 1765
Woodman, Daniel, Kingston, 1767
Worthen, Jonathan, Bow, 1764
Wright, Abel, New Ipswich, 1764
Wyman, Levi, Pelham, 1766
1764
95
240
272
'5'
I
191
lOI
174
217
27
433
255
19
255
51
25
198
407
93
115
267
York, Richard, Epping, 1766
240
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
JOSIAH WHEAT 1764 NARRAGANSETT No. 6,
MASS.
[Guardianship of Solomon Wheat, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of Josiah Wheat of Narragansett No. 6, Mass., granted
to Thomas Wheat Jan. 14, 1764.]
[Probate Records, Vol. 23, p. 160.]
[Bond of Thomas Wheat, yeoman, with Samuel Hobart,
gentleman, and John Hale as sureties, all of Hollis, in the sum of
£500, Jan. 14, 1764, for the guardianship of Solomon Wheat;
witnesses, Samuel Cummings, Jr., John Williams.]
MARY PEIRCE 1764 PORTSMOUTH
I Mary Peirce Widow Give to My Kinsman John Hawkins my
Lot of Land now in Possesion of Colo' Daniel Warner
I give unto my Daughter Mehiteble Sherburne my Land at
Bennington with all my Plate and other moveables with my
Right of my Pue in the North Meeting house Portsm'
January 18 1764 Mary Peirce
Witnes
Tho^ Peirce
Martha Smith
Lydia Peirce
[Proved April 25, 1764, mentioning Mary Peirce as a widow,
and Mehitabel Sherburne as administratrix with will annexed.]
2 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
JOSHUA SANBORN 1764 EPPING
[Administration on the estate of Joshua Sanborn of Epping
granted to Abial Sanborn Jan. 18, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 160.]
[Bond of Abial Sanborn, widow, with Moses Cofhnand Stephen
Gale as sureties, all of Epping, in the sum of £500, Jan. 18, 1764,
for the administration of the estate; witnesses, John Collier,
William Stilson.]
[Warrant, Jan. 18, 1764, authorizing William Crockett and
Abraham Perkins, both of Epping, yeomen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, Jan. 24, 1764; amount, £13,896. 5. o; signed by
William Crockett and Abraham Perkins.]
Epping May the i, 1773 we the subscribers Being appointed by
Abiall Burligh Late wife of mr Joshua Samborn Late of Epping
Decesed and administratrix to his Estate and By hur present
husband m'' Jacob Burligh of Newmarket to vallew the profit or
yearly incom of the said Joshuay Samborns Real Estate since his
Deces having vew'd the primises and Do Judg that the Neat
profet thereof is thirteen pounds ten shilings Lawfull money
yearly
Timothy Jones
William Crocket
[Account of Joseph Burleigh and his wife Abial, administra-
trix; receipts, £279. 12. 3, personal estate; expenditures, £123.
4. 4; mentions "Maintenance of Tristram Sandborn a minor
child 201 Weeks"; allowed June 30, 1773.]
[Warrant, April 25, 1781, anthorizing Samuel Gilman, Jacob
Burleigh, yeoman, both of Newmarket, Moses Davis, Gould
French, and Isaac Dimond, all of Epping, yeomen, to set off the
widow's dower.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS ^
State of New Hampshire \ Pursuant to a Warrant from the
Rockingham ss — / Honoural)le PhiUips White Kscj'
Judge of the Probate of wills &c for Said C^ounty, appointing us
the Subscribers a Committee to Set off to Abial liurleij^h widow
her Dower which happens to her of the Estate of her Late Hus-
band Joshua Samborn Late of Kppin in Said County yeoman
Deceased intestate and set forth the Same by metes and Hounds,
to hold to her in Severalty during her natural Life and accord-
ingly we have Set off to her a full third Part of Said Estate in
the following manner viz. fourteen acres of Land Lying on the
Southwesterly side of the highway it being the whole of the Land
that Lyes on the Said Southwesterly Side that belonged to the
home Stead of the said Deceased and also Nine acres of Land
Lying on the northeasterly Side of the Said highway and
Bounded as followeth viz. beginning at the Southwest Cornor
at the aforesaid highway & run Northwesterly by Said highway
fourteen Rods then run north thirty three Degrees east twenty
five Rods and a half to a walnutt tree then run South 66 Degrees
East five Rods then run North about 27 Degrees east ParraU-ll
with Jeremiah Samborns Side Line Carrying Six Rods in Breadth
till it Comes to the north east end of said home stead we Like-
wise Set off and allow to the Said widow as her full third Part of
the Dwelling house viz. the Southeast room and a Bed room in
the Chamber at the Northeast Cornor of the house and also a
Priviledge to Pass and repass through the Back room So Called
and also one third Part of the Celler under the Dwelling house
and we Likewise Set off to the Said widow as a full third Part of
the Barn viz. twenty feet of the tie house So Called at the east
end of the Barn towards the north Side and also ten feet of the
Bay Place So Call'd the whole Length toward the north side of
said Barn and also a Priviledge of the Barn floor equil in Pro-
portion to the Part of the Barn set off' to the said widow as is
above mentioned —
We Likewise Set off and allow the said widow to have Liberty
to Pass and repass to and from said Dwelling house and the
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Barn around said house and Barn as much as shall be Sufficient
for the improvement thereof at all times in Proportion to the
Part of said house and Barn set off to her — Eppin April y^ 30*^
Day A. D. 1781 —
Sam' Gilman
Jacob Burleigh
Moses Davis
Gould French
Isaac Dimond
Committee
OTIS PINKHAM 1764 DOVER
[Administration on the estate of Otis Pinkham granted to
Abigail Pinkham Jan. 25, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 159.]
[Bond of Abigail Pinkham, widow, with John Canney and
Paul Pinkham, yeomen, as sureties, all of Dover, in the sum of
£500, Jan. 25, 1764, for the administration of the estate of Otis
Pinkham of Dover, yeoman; witnesses, William Parker, Alex-
ander Park.]
[Inventory, attested Nov, 30, 1764; amount, £11,007. o. o;
signed by Thomas Tuttle and Howard Henderson.]
BENJAMIN MERROW 1764 ROCHESTER
[Administration on the estate of Benjamin Merrow of Roches-
ter, yeoman, granted to Jonathan Merrow Jan. 31, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 415.]
[Bond of Jonathan Merrow of Somersworth, with Paul Varney
and Nathaniel Varney, both of Dover, yeomen, as sureties, in
the sum of £1000, Jan. 31, 1764, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Susanna Wendell, jNIartha Oliver.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS c
RICHARD SANBORN 1764 NOTTINGHAM
[Administration on the estate of Richard Sanborn granted to
John Pearson Sanborn and William Sanborn Jan. 31, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 159.]
[Bond of John Pearson Sanborn and William Sanborn, both
of Nottingham, yeomen, with Francis Harvey of Nottingham,
yeoman, and Daniel Sanborn of North Hampton as sureties,
in the sum of £500, Jan. 20, 1764, for the administration of the
estate of Richard Sanborn of Nottingham, yeoman; witnesses,
William Vaughan, John Collier.]
[Inventory, Feb. 17, 1764; amount, £19,108. 5. o; signed by
Joseph Chandler and Abraham Perkins.]
MIRIAM BEAN 1764 KINGSTON
In the Name of God Amen the 3"^ Day of February 1764 I
Miriam Bean of Kingston in the Province of New Hampshire
widow & Relict of Joseph Bean of said Kingston Deceas'' Being
by the Goodness of God of a sound mind & memory tho' under
weakness of Body * * *
2ndiy I Give & Bequeath unto my well Beloved Daughter mary
now the wife of william Eastman to her her Heirs & assigns
forever the one Compleat Half of all my In Door moveable
Estate also my Cow & that my Executor pay her the sum of
forty Pounds old tenor out of my Estate
3diy I Give & Bequeath unto my well Beloved Daughter
mirlam Bean to her, her Heirs & assigns forever the other half of
all my In Door moveable Estate
^thiy I Give unto my Beloved Grandchild Jeremiah Eastman
the son of my Daughter Mary Twenty Pounds old tenor
Item I order my Executor make sale of that ten acres of Land
which was lately sat off to me by the Committe that Devided
6 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
my said Husbands Estate adjoyning to the Estate of the widow
Judkins and out of the Produce of said sale to pay my said Debts
& funeral Charges also the two Beforementioned money Legacies
also the Charges of setling my Estate and the Remainder if
any there be with all the rest of my Estate Both real & personal
moveable & Immoveable I order to be Equally Devided Between
my five well Beloved sons viz Joseph Bean Nathaniel Bean
Jonathan Bean Daniel Bean & Fulsham Bean to them their hiers
& assigns forever
Moreover I Do hereby Constitute & appoint Josiah Bartlett
of Said Kingston Physician to be sole Executor * * * in
witness where off I Do here unto set my hand & seal this third
Day of february one thousand seven Hundred & sixty four &
in the fourth year of his majesties Reign
her
Miriam X Bean
Mark
[Witnesses] Moses Judkins, Jonathan Sanborn Juner, Lenurd
Judkins.
[Proved Feb. 29, 1754.]
[Warrant, Feb. 29, 1764, authorizing Benjamin Swett and
William Calfe, both of Kingston, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory attested May 31, 1764; amount, £2022. i. o; signed
by Benjamin Swett and William Calfe.]
[Account of the executor; receipts, £2033. 13. 8, personal es-
tate; expenditures, £1943. 7. o; allowed Sept. 25, 1765.]
WILLIAM KELSO 1764 LONDONDERRY
In the name of God Amen this Six*^ Day of feberwary in the
yeare of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred and sixty
'' NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 7
four I William Kelso of Londonderry in the province of new-
hampshire in new England yeman * * *
Ittem I give and bequth to my wellbeloved wif Klizabath
Kelso the third of my housold goods and the third of my st(jke,
with the third of my homplace During hir natural Life
Ittem I give and bequith to my son John Kelso the Land I
bought from william orr Exepting twelf acers which I reserve to
my self which Land resurved bounds on Robert Wallace's Land
and the High way and Likwiss to him one hundred acers of
the Land I bought from Robert macmurphy on that sid Jon-
joning to william Cunigham's Land to him his hairs or asigins
for ever
Ittem I give and bequaith unto my son Alexander Kelso the
remander of said farm bought from Robert macmurphy to him
his hairs or asigens for ever
Ittem I give and bequaith unto my wellbeloved son David
Taylor and his wiff margrat Taylor twenty pounds old tenor
besids what I have given them already
Ittem I give and bequith to my son Thomas Kenedy and to
his wiff Janet Kenedy twenty pounds old tenor besids what I
have given them already
Ittem I give and bequaith to my two daughters Elesabeth
Kelso and my daughter Agness Kelso all the Land which I have
in the Town of Chester contaning two Eghty acer Lotts and a
sixty acer Lott to them and ther hairs or asignes forever in Equal
shairs and if said Land shal not be accountied worth two thou-
sand pounds accounting dollars at six pounds then to be made
up out of my hom place or personal Estate
Ittem I give and bequaith to my wellbeloved daughter Anne
Kelso nine hundred pounds old tenor accounting dollars at six
pounds
Ittem I give and bequith to my son Jonathan Kelso my hom
place I now Live on together with the twelf acers befor reserved
out of the Land I bought from william orr Except what I have
bequathed to my wiffe Elesabath Kelso
^
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and I make and ordain Thomas Criste and my son John Kelso
to be my Exectors * * *
his
william X Kelso
mark
[Witnesses] Jennet Boyes, Margret Boyes, Robert Boyes.
[Proved June 28, 1769.]
[Inventory, attested Oct. 2, 1769; amount, £430. 3. 9; signed
by George Moore and James McGregore.]
[Guardianship of Ann Kelso and Jonathan Kelso, minors,
aged more than 14 years, granted to Thomas Christie and James
McGregore Oct. 25, 1769.]
[Probate Records, vol. 26, p. 68.]
[Bond of Thomas Christie and James McGregore, both of Lon-
donderry, with Samuel Allison and John Gilman as sureties, in
the sum of £500, Oct. 25, 1769, for the guardianship of Ann Kelso
and Jonathan Kelso, children of William Kelso; witnesses, Jane
Christie, Mary Christie.]
HUMPHREY FERNALD 1764 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I Humphry Fernald of Portsmouth
in the Province of New Hampshire Cooper being Sick & weak
* * *
Imprimis my Will is that all my just Debts and funeral
Charges be paid out of my Estate by my Executrix as she can
with Conveniency after my Decease and for that purpose &
for bringing up my Younger Children and other uses which she
may have Occasion of I give & Devise to her & to her Heirs and
Assigns all my Land at Berwick in the County of York & Prov-
ince of the Massachusetts Bay and all my land at Barrington in
New Hampshire
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NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 9
Item I give and bequeath to Dorothy my beloved wife (whom
I make Sole Execute of this my last Will and Testament) besides
the Lands aforesaid for her Own use the use and Improvement
of all my other Estate real and Personal during her life with a
Power to Dispose of so much of my Personal Estate as shall be
necessary to pay my Debts & funeral Charges if the Lands afore-
said shall not produce money enough for that End and she may
turn any of my Personal Estate into money if she shall find &
judge it may be more beneficial for my Children as Personal
Estate grows worse & of less value by use and Age and after her
Decease to Come to my Children as hereafter expressed.
Item I give to my Children viz John, Elizabeth, Humphry,
Mary, & Samuel, five shillings Each to be paid by my Execut'^
within one year after my Decease in old Tenor bills of Credit of
said Province of New Hampshire I also give to them in Equal
shares the Reversion & Remainder of all my real Estate given as
afores*^ to my said wife during her life to them their Heirs and
assigns. I also give them the Personal Estate which shall be left
& not worn out belonging to me the use of which I have given
to my Said Wife as aforesaid & the money which shall be raised
by Sale of all or any part of such Personal Estate as aforesaid to
be Divided among them in manner aforesaid.
Lastly I hereby Constitute and appoint my Said Wife Execu-
trix as aforesaid and Revoke all other wills by me in any
manner heretofore made
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal
the Sixth Day of February Anno Domini 1 764 —
Humphrey Furnell
[Witnesses] George King, John Brown, Richard Shortridge.
[Proved May 30, 1764.]
[Bond of Dorothy Fernald, with Richard Shortridge, turner,
and John Nutter of Newington, yeoman, as sureties, in the sum
of £500, May 30, 1764, for the execution of the will; witnesses,
William Vaughan, William Parker.]
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[Petition of John Fernald, Thomas Calling, and Humphrey
Fernald, June 26, 1771, for a division of real estate held in
common.]
Pursuant to Warrant We have divided the Real Estate of
Humphrey Furnald Late of Portsmouth cooper Deceas'd to
and among his Five children viz John Humphrey and Samuel
Furnald Eliz^ Calling and Mary Hart in Five equal Shares as
follows viz
John Furnald One half of the [Mansion House & Garden as
the same was divided and Set off to his Father, and Sixteen &
half feet from the upper end of the Wharfe carrying the full
Breadth of the Wharfe to the end of the said sixteen & half feet
and includes the upper end of a Building on said Wharfe being
an addition with Priviledge of the Passage, also One half of a
Pew in the North meeting House in Portsmouth being a Corner
Pew in the middle isle — The said John giving a Quit Claim to
Humphry Furnald of his Share in one half of Twenty Acres of
Mowing Land in Berwick, and another to Samuel Furnald of his
Share in the other half, also his paying the said Humphry Six
Pounds Lawful money and to the said Samuel Eight Pounds
Lawful money —
Humphry Furnald the Remainder of the Wharfe and Build-
ings from the end of sixteen and half feet set off to John so far
as the same does or may extend with privilege of the passage,
also the other half of the Pew set off to John Furnald, also a
Quit claim from the other children of One half of Twenty Acres
of Mowing Land in Berwick in Quantity and Quality, and Six
Pounds Lawful money from John, as above
Samuel Furnald Five sevenths of One hundred & fifty Acres of
Land in Barrington Lot N° 265 — also One half of a Pew in the
middle Isle in the North meeting House in Portsmouth the other
half belonging to Joseph Alcock, also a Quit claim from the other
children of one half of Twenty Acres of Mowing Land in Berwick
in Quantity and Quality, and Eight Pounds Lawful money from
John Furnald —
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS II
Elizabeth Dalling One half of the House where she now Lives
being that half towards the Street with the whole of the garden
thereto belonging, the yard or passage way now used to be in
common, the Entry of the House being the Division with the
Stairway and Cellar way in the Entry to be used in common,
also one half of a Pew in the upper gallery in the North meeting
House in Portsm", the said Eliz* giving a Quit Claim to Humphry
and Samuel Furnald of her Share in Twenty Acres of Mowing
Land in Berwick —
Mary Hart One half of the House where her Sister r)ainng
now Lives being the inner or Easterly end of said House with the
Land East of said End to the garden Fence with the yard or
passage way now used to be in common the Entry of the House
being the Division with the Stair way & cellar way in the Entry
to be used in common, also a Lot of Land About Twenty one
feet on the Street said House is in Northerly by Cap* James
Holland Easterly by Joseph Simes and Southerly by Land of
said Simes, Also One half of a Pew in the upper Gallery in the
North meeting House in Portsmouth The said Mary giving a
Quit Claim to Humphry and Samuel Furnald of her Share in
Twenty Acres of Mowing Land in Berwick —
Portsmouth Septem' 20*'' 1774 —
Sam' Penhallow
Samuel Hale
W-" Knight
Joshua Brackett
Peter Pearse
JOHN LEAVITT 1764 EXETER
In the Name of God Amen this eighth day of February Anno
Domini 1764 I John Leavitt of Exeter In the province of New-
hamp' Yeoman being advanced in age * * *
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Item I give & bequeath unto my Son John Leavitt and to his
Heirs and assigns for ever all the Remainder of my Home Place
Where I now Live in Exeter that I have not allready Sold and
conveyed to my said son by deed be the Same more or Less
Together With all the buildings Standing Thereon he my said
Son to come into Possession Thereof at my Discease and likewise
I give unto my said Son John all my stock of Cattle Horses
Sheep & Swine Excepting one Cow I Shall hereafter order to be
given to my son Nehemiah Leavitt in this my Last Will & Testa-
ment likewise I give unto my said Son all my Utensils for hus-
bandry he my said Son Paying the legacies I Shall hereafter
order in this my last Will and Testament
Item I give unto my Son Moses and to his Heirs and Assigns
for ever five pounds New Tennor to be paid in one year after my
Discease by my Executor here after mentioned he my said Son
having Rec^ the greatest Part of his Portion allready by Deed
Item I give unto my son Nehemiah Leavitt and to his heirs &
assgns one Cow to be Delivered to him Immediately after my
Disease by my Son John Leavitt he my said Son Nehemiah hav-
ing Received the greatest Part of his Portion by Deed
Item I give unto my Daughter Dorothy Creighton & to her
Heirs &c fifty Pounds New Tennor & to be paid by my Son John
Leavitt within one Year after my Discease
Item I give unto my Daughter Sarah Gorden & to her Heirs
&c fifty Pounds New Tennor & to be paid by my Son John
Leavitt within one Year after my Discease
Item I give unto the legal heirs of my Daughter Mary
Moody Deceased (equally to be Divided between them as they
Shall arrive at the age of twenty one Years) fifty Pounds New
Tennor to be paid by my Son John Leavitt
Item I give unto my two Daughters (Viz) Dorothy Creighton
& Sarah Gorden & to the Children of my Daughter Mary Moody
all my house hold Stuff within Doors equally to be Divided
between Them (Viz) one Third to Dorothy Creighton one Third
to Sarah Gorden and the Other Third to the children of my
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 1 3
Daughter Mary Moody Deceased as above mentioned
Item I give unto my two sons Moses and Nehemiah Leavitt
all my Wearing Apparel Equally to be Divided between 1'hcm
Lastly I do hereby Constitute & appoint my Son John Leavitt
to be sole Executor * * *
John Levitt
[Witnesses] Theo. Smith, James Thustin, Theophilus Smith
Ju^
[Proved Aug. 31, 1768.]
[Warrant, Aug. 31, 1768, authorizing Theophilus Smith and
Josiah Sanborn, tanner, both of Exeter, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Sept. 7, 1768 ; amount, £409. 9. 9 ; signed by Josiah
Sanborn and Theophilus Smith.]
JEAN SENTER 1764 LONDONDERRY
In the Nam of God Ameen the 11*^ Day of febuery ye 1764 I
Jean Senter of Londondarry in the Province of New Hampsher
widdow being verey Sick and weack of bodey * * *
That is I give and bequeath to my oldest Son John Senter the
Sum of twenty Pounds old tonnor to be raised and levid out of
my Esteate —
Like wise I give and bequeath to my Secound Son Samuell
Senter the Sume of twenty Pounds old tonnor to be raised and
levid out of my Esteate —
Likewise I Give and bequeath to my third Son Joseph Senter
the Sume of twenty Pounds old tonnor to be raised and Levid
out of my Esteate —
Likewise I Give and bequeath to my two youngist Sons Moses
Senter and Reuben Senter whom I likewise Constetute macke
and ordain my Executers of this my Laste will and Testament
all my wholl Estate Real and Parsenell which I am or may law-
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NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
f
fuly be Posesed off by them freley to be Prosesed off and En-
joyed * * *
her
Jean X Senter
marck
[Witnesses] James Gregg, William Butterfield, Davd Wood-
burn.
[Proved July 25, 1764.]
[Bond of Moses Senter, with James Gregg as surety, both of
Londonderry, in the sum of £1000, July 25, 1764, for the execu-
tion of the will; witnesses, William Parker, William Vaughan.]
MARY SWETT
1764
HAMPTON FALLS
In the Name of God Aman this sixteenth Day of febeuary
Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and sixty four I mary
Sweet of Hampton falls in the Province of New Hampsher in
New England Widow being Sick and weak in Body * * *
Also I Give and Bequeath to my Son Jonathan Hilyard one
pound five shilling money and also fifteen Silver buttnes to be
Delivred him at the age of twenty one years by my Executor
hareafter named my will is that my Executor hereafter named
Bring up my Daughter marcy Hilyard till she comes to the age of
ten years old out of my money
Also I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter mary hilyard and
also to my Daughter marcy hilyard all my money Exept what I
have heretofore mensoned in this my will and all my Clothing
and all my Bedding and all my movbles of what natuer Soever,
to be Equelly divied Betwen them two when thay Come to the
age of twenty one years or at marige which happeneth first, to
be Delivred by my Executor hereafter named and my will is that
my Executor hereafter named take Care and bring up my two
daughters to the best of his Judgemant
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 1 5
Lastly my will is that M' Nathan Green of Hampton falls be
Soul Excutor * * *
hur
Mary X Swett
Mark
[Witnesses] Walter Williams, John Chase juner, Edward Green.
[Proved April 25, 1764.]
[Inventory, June 27, 1764; amount, £1767. o. o; signed by
Meshech Weare and Jonathan Burnham.]
[Petition of Joseph Chase Hilliard of Kensington, yeoman,
May 30, 1770, in behalf of Mary Hilliard and Mercy Hilliard,
minors, for an accounting by the executor.]
[Account of the executor; receipts, £92. 7. o; expenditures,
£90. 14. 4; mentions "keeping Mercy Hilyard as appointed in
the will from 23*^ day of March 1764 till the 10*'' day of Septem-
ber 1767"; allowed March 28, 1771.]
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EBENEZER SMITH 1764 DURHAM
[Administration on the estate of Ebenezer Smith of Durham
granted to his widow, Margaret Smith, Feb. 22, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 208.]
[Bond of Margaret Smith, with Benjamin Smith of Durham
and William Weeks of Greenland, gentlemen, as sureties, in the
sum of £5000, Feb. 22, 1764, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, James Urin, Eleanor Weeks.]
[Inventory, May 29, 1764; amount, £90,053. 6. o; signed by
Walter Bryent and James Brackett.J
State of New 1 Pursuant to a Warrant from the Hon'''
Hampshire J Philips White Esq' Judge of the Probate of
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Wills &c for the County of Rockingham appointing us the Sub-
scribers a Committee to divide the real Estate of Ebenezer
Smith late of Durham now in the County of Strafford Esq'
deceased Intestate, said Durham being part of the County of
Rockingham at the time of the decease of the said Intestate, and
in which County administration of his said Estate was granted,
have done it in manner following viz.
To Margaret Ffrost wife of the Hon^'^ George Ffrost Esq'
late Widow of said Intestate for her Dower or thirds of said Es-
tate, all the Homestead Farm, with the Buildings and Orchards
thereon, of said Intestate, Except the Thatchbed lying Southerly
& Westerly of the Channel of a Small Creek running from the
Salt Marsh on said Premisses into the Great Bay (so called) and
is the same Creek commonly used as a Harbour for small Boats
&° — The aforesaid Farm containing about one Hundred and
Fifty nine Acres of upland & Salt marsh. Also that Tract of
Land laying near the afores'^ Homestead in the place called the
Hornswoods, and known by the name of Grassy Swamp Pasture
containing about Fifty Eight Acres. Likewise one Eighth of the
Grist mill on Lamprey river lower Falls, & one Quarter of the
Intestates right to the mill privileges —
To John Smith Eldest Son of said Intestate for his double
Share, all that Tract of Land Adjoining the Great Bay in Dur-
ham Aforesaid, that was formerly the Homestead Farm of
Cap* John Smith deceased, who was Brother to said Intestate;
excepting about Twenty Three Acres laying on the Southerly side
thereof purchased by said Cap* John Smith of one Francis
Durgin, as will appear by said Durgins Deed on Record. x'\nd
also Excepting about Twenty Acres of said Homestead claimed
by a Family of the name of Footmans in said Durham. Said
Premisses (leaving out the lands before Excepted) contains about
Two Hundred and Twelve Acres with the Buildings and Orch-
ards thereon, having an Incumbrance on the Same of the right of
Dower of Mary Smith Widow and Relict of the Afores"^ Cap*
John Smith.
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 1 7
To Ebenezer Smith Son of said intestate for his Share about
lone Hundred & Eleven Acres of Land layin^u: in the Parish of Lee
I in said County of Strafford adjoining on Wadleighs Road (so
called) Bounded Southerly on said Wadleighs Road, Westerly
by Land of Joseph Medar and Land of Gideon Alathes, Northerly
by a Highway and Easterly by land of Samuel Woodman. Also
the one Sixteenth part of the Sawmill on Wadleighs Va\h (so
called) in said Lee, and all the right said Intestate had to said
mill Privilege, any part of said Falls or Lands (^ontigeous laid
out, or left for mill Privileges, Also the one Eighth part of the
Grist Mill on Lampray Eell river lower falls in the Town of New-
market and one Quarter of the whole Right said Intestate had to
said Falls and the Land adjoining on both Sides thereof. Like-
wise the first Division Lot containing forty Acres of the original
Right of John Footman in the Town of Canterbury being Number
one Hundred & Forty four and the Lot Number one hundred
& ninety in the Second division of Hundred Acre Lots in
the afores"^ Town of Canterbury drawn to said Footmans
right
To Comfort Chesley wife of Joseph Chesley one of the Daugh-
ters of said Intestate for her Share, about Twenty F'ive acres of
Land in Durham Afores*^ Laying near Lampray Eell river Land-
ing place, Bounded Southerly by land of Walter Bryent Esq""
and on all other parts thereof by Land of John Smith Esq'' the
land belonging to the heirs of Trueworthy Durgin Jun' deceased,
Benjamin Smith Esq"" & land in possession of James Thomas also
about one hundred and Seventeen Acres & one half acre of Land
in Newmarket afores<^ being part of Hiltons Grant (so called)
and is the whole of said Grant bequeathed to said Intestate by
the last Will and Testament of his Father John Smith Deceased,
except about two acres & one half acre sold by said Intestate to
one Charles Rundlet. Also the one Quarter part of the Sawmil
on the Lower Falls of Lampray Eell River afores'^ and the one
half of said Intestates Right to said Falls and land Adjoining
on both sides Also one Hundred Acres of Land in Canterbury
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being laid out to the original Right of John Footman in the first
Division of Hundred Acre Lots and is Number Twenty Three
in s'^ Division. Also one Quarter of a whole right or Proprietors
share, being that of abraham Stevenson, and Francis Drew in
the Town of New Durham.
To Margaret Smith one of the Daughters of said Intestate for
her Share about Twenty Three Acres of Land adjoining the Great
Bay in Durham Afores** and is the same that was purchased by
the Afores"^ Cap* John Smith of one Francis Durgin the particu-
lar Boundaries of which will appear by said Deed on Record,
said Land having the Incumbrance of the Dower of Mary Smith
Widow of the afores'^ Cap* John Smith thereon. Also about
Twenty one Acres of Land laying on the Plains a little above
the Presbyterian meeting house in Newmarket afores"* and is
bounded Northerly on Wadleigh's road afores"^ Westerly by
Land of Joseph Clark, Southerly by Hiltons Grant before men-
tioned, and Easterly by land of Churchil and land of
James Burleigh — Also about Nine Acres on the plains afores*^
Bounded Northerly by said Wadleighs Road Easterly by land
of Joshua Bracket Southerly by said Hiltons Grant and Westerly
by land of John Watson. Also all the remainder of the Thatch-
bed adjoining the Great Bay on the Homestead Farm of said
Intestate not set off by these Presents for the Widows Dower.
Also both the Hundred Acre Lots laid out to the Original right of
John Willey in the Town of Canterbury, and are Number'* one
Hundred and Twenty five in the first Division of Hundred Acre
Lots and one Hundred and Thirty Four in the Second Division
of said Lots — Also the whole of the original Right of said In-
testate in the Town of New Durham Except half the first division
Lot Sold to one James Berry Also the Lot Number Twenty
Three in the first division of Lots in the Afores"* Town of New
Durham, and was laid out to the Original Right of John Johnson
& Nathaniel Ffrost Likewise Two five Acre Lots of Land in the
third Division of Common & undivided Land in the Town of
Durham, commonly called North River Lots, and layeth in the
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 1 9
Parish of Lee on the North side of the Afores'' River between the
Land of Joseph Sias, and Land of Moses Davis.
Witness our hands at Durham the 2^*'^ of October 1778
Otis Baker
John Plummer
Ebenezer Thompson
John Smith
Committee
JOSEPH WILLIAMS 1764 DURHAM
[Administration on the estate of Joseph WilHams of Durham,
yeoman, granted to Samuel Williams F'eb. 22, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 161.]
[Bond of Samuel Williams of Barrington, with William Lord of
Durham and William Brown of Rochester as sureties, in the sum
of £5000, Feb. 22, 1764, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Vaughan, William Stilson.]
[Warrant, Feb. 22, 1764, authorizing Benjamin Mathes and
Jeremiah Burnham, yeoman, both of Durham, to appraise the
estate; mentions Samuel Williams as brother of the deceased.]
[Inventory, attested May 30, 1764; amount, £1414. 16. o;
signed by Benjamin Mathes and Jeremiah Burnham.]
WILLIAM LEWIS 1764 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of William Lewis of Portsmouth,
carver, granted to John Beck Feb. 22, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 161.]
[Bond of John Beck, hatter, with George Marshall, sail-
maker, and John Marshall, wheelwright, as sureties, all of
Portsmouth, in the sume of £5000, Feb. 22, 1764, for the ad-
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ministration of the estate; witnesses, William Vaughan, William
Stilson.]
[Warrant, Feb. 22, 1764, authorizing Thomas Peirce, gentle-
man, and Clement March, boatbuilder, both of Portsmouth, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested April 23, 1764; amount, £5984. o. o;
signed by Thomas Peirce and Clement March.]
[Warrant, April i, 1765, authorizing Samuel Penhallow and
Thales Greenwood, both of Portsmouth, merchants, to receive
claims against the estate. "W"' Knight was put into this Com-
mission after the Death of M' Greenwood viz 18*^ Aug* 1766,"]
[List of claims, Oct. 29, 1766; amount, £139. 12. 4X; signed
by Samuel Penhallow and William Knight.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £6018. 8. o; expendi-
tures, £5979. o. o; mentions "Bed and Beding Delivered Mary
Lewess one of the Children .... paid m' John Marshel Clothing
and Nusing the Infant Child .... Cear and Bording Mehitable
Lewess Youngest Child but one 3 years and Eight months
.... paid Ebenezer Lewess Widdow .... Lydia Lewess ....
Ebenezer Hunscom .... Elizabeth Lewess .... Mehitable
Lewes^; allowed May 29, 1782.]
PAUL GERRISH 1764 MADBURY
[Administration on the estate of Paul Gerrish of ^^ladbury,
gentleman, granted to Mary Gerrish, widow, Feb. 29, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 182.]
[Bond of Mary Gerrish, with Stephen Jones, gentleman, and
Hubbard Stevens, tanner, both of Durham, as sureties, in the
sum of £500, Feb. 29, 1764, for the administration of the estate;
witness, William Stilson.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 21
[Warrant, Feb. 29, 1764, authorizing Joseph Sias of Durham
and Ebenezer Demeritt of Madbury, yeomen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, April, 1764; amount, £10,724. 17. o; signed by
Joseph Sias and Ebenezer Demeritt.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £135. 19. 10; expen-
ditures, £152. 13. 10; filed April 24, 1771.]
ZEBEDEE HUNT 1764 RYE
[Administration on the estate of Zebedee Hunt of Rye grantcfi
to Richard Jenness, 3d, Feb. 29, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 182.]
[Bond of Richard Jenness, 3d, with Francis Jenness, yeoman,
and Jeremiah Marston, gentleman, as sureties, all of Rye, in the
sum of £500, Feb. 29, 1764, for the administration of the estate;
witness, William Stilson.]
[Warrant, Feb. 29, 1764, authorizing Joseph Brown and Jere-
miah Berry, both of Rye, yeomen, to appraise the estate of
Zebedee Hunt, mason.]
[Inventory, May 29, 1764; amount, £871. 10. o; signed by
Joseph Brown and Jeremiah Berry.]
CUTTS SHANNON 1764 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Cutts Shannon of Ports-
mouth, gentleman, granted to his widow, Mary Shannon, and
Hunking Wentworth Feb. 29, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 195.]
[Bond of Mary Shannon, with Jonathan Moulton of Hamp-
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ton and Joseph Moulton of Portsmouth, blacksmith, as sureties,
in the sum of £1000, Feb. 29, 1764, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Hunking Wentworth, Thomas Packer.]
[Warrant, March 19, 1764, authorizing John Dennett, gentle-
man, and John Shackford, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, May 30, 1764; amount, £13,953. O- o; signed by
John Shackford and John Dennett; mentions "a Negro man
Named Ben."]
JOHN KELSEY 1764 NOTTINGHAM
[Citation to Robert Kelsey and James Kelsey, both of Notting-
ham, yeomen, March 2, 1764, to appear and take administration
on the estates of their brothers, John Kelsey and Moses Kelsey.]
[Administration on the estate of John Kelsey of Nottingham,
yeoman, granted to James Kelsey April 25, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 218.]
[Bond of James Kelsey, with William McCrillis of Notting-
ham, yeoman, and John Burnham Hanson of Durham as
sureties, in the sum of £500, April 25, 1764, for the administra-
tion of the estate ; witnesses, William Parker, William Parker, Jr.]
Persuant to a warrant from the Hon''^^ Richard Wibird Esq'
Judge of the Probate of Wills &c for the Province of New Hamp-
shire appointing us the Subscribers a Committee to Divide the
Real Estate of John Kelsey Late of Notingham in said Province
yeoman Deces'* amongst the next of kin and the Representatives
of them that are Dead which Estate Consists of one Hundred
acre Lott of Land in Notingham in the province aforesaid being
the Lott Number Twenty four in the Second Range in Summer
Street which we have Divided as followeth (Viz)
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f first Set off to William Kelsey Brother of the Said Deces<i
for his Sixth part of Said Estate Twelve acres and half acre
}'l of Land of the aforesaid Hundred acre Lott Begining at the
Southerly Corner of Said Lot on Summer Street Leaving the
Street Then North west Half a pint north forty Rods Then
^1 North forty Degrees East fifty Rods across the Lott then South
East half a pint South forty Rods to Said Summer Street then
on Said Street to the Corner first mentioned
Set off to James Kelsey Brother to Said Deces'', Twelve acres
and half acre of Land in Said Lott Begining on the South
westerly Side of Said Lot at the afore Said Williams part Then
north west half a pint North Forty Rods then north forty
Degrees East fifty Rods a Cross the Lott then South East half
a pint South to Land Set off to the afores'' William then by
Williams to the first Bound
Set off to Sarah Elliss Sister of the Said Deces'^ fourteen acres
and half acre of Land in the afores*! Lott Begining at the Lanrl
set off to James Kelsey on the South westerly Side of Said Lott
Then Northwest half a pint north forty Seven Rods to a Larg
Stooping Hemlock in a Brook Then North forty Degrees East
fifty Rods a Cross the Lott then South East Half a pint South
to Land Set off to the afores'^ James Kelsey then on Said James
to the first Bound —
Set off to William Morrison Robert Morrison and James Mor-
rison Sons of Mary Morrison Deces*^ who was Sister to Said
John Kelsey Deces*^, for their Sixth part of Said Estate Seventeen
acres of Land in the aforesaid Lott Begining at the Land Set
off to Sarah Elliss at the aforesaid Hemlock Tree Then North
west half a pint north fifty five Rods to a white oak Tree Spotted
Then North forty Degrees East fifty Rods a Cross the Lott then
South East half a pint South fifty five Rods to the Land Set ofT
to Sarah Elliss then on Said Sarahs Land to the first Bound
Set off to Robert Kelsey for his Sixth part Twenty Six acres
of Land and pond of the aforesaid Lott Begining at the white
oak before mentioned Then North west half a pint north Eighty
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four Rods then North forty Degrees East fifty Rods a Cross the
Lot then South East half a pint South Eighty four Rods to
Land Set off to the Heirs of mary morrison Deces'^ then Streight
to the first Bound —
Set off to Jane McCrilHs for her Sixth part of Said Estate
Sixteen acres and half acre Beginning on the Southwesterly Side
of Said Lot at the Land Set off to Robert Kelsey Then north
west half a point north fifty four Rods to the Head of the Lott
Then north forty Degrees East fifty Rods a Cross the Lott Then
South East half a pint South to the Land Set off to Robert
Kelsey then Straight to the first Bound, and Each party Shall
have Liberty to Pass and Repass through Each parcel of Land
as ocasion may Require
May 27*1^ Day 1765
Benj Mathes
Joseph Sias
miles Randel
Benj^ Watson
Committee
[Decree of court, May 13, 1766, putting in suit the bonds of
James Kelsey as administrator of the estates of John Kelsey and
Moses Kelsey.]
James Kelsey Admin'' of the Estate John Kelsey Dec^ That
the said John went from this Province about the year 1746 that
his father was then living that said John left a Yoke of Oxen & a
horse that the father disposed of the Oxen & left the horse to his
wife & by her leave the said James disposed of Said Horse for
One hundred & fifty pounds old Tenor which he was by her
Desire to Divide between his two Sisters W™ M^Crelles wife and
Sarah Ellis which he was ready & designed to pay
That with respect to the Personal Estate of Moses Kelsey he
never found any that the said Moses Owned this Depon* when
he went off the Sum of above twenty Pounds old Tenor ]\Iay
28*^1766 —
James Kelse
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 2^
JAMES RICHARDSON 1764 DRACUT, MASS.
[Administration on the estate of James Richardson of Dracut,
Mass., yeoman, granted to Moses Richardson March 2, 1764.] '
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 185.]
[Bond of Moses Richardson of Dracut, Mass., yeoman, with
Joseph Wright, gentleman, and Joshua Swan, l:>oth of Salem, as
sureties, in the sum of £500, March 2, 1764, for the administra-
tion of the estate; witnesses, Sarah Foss^ Walter Bryent, Jr.]
[License to the administrator, Moses Richardson, son of the
deceased, Oct. 12, 1764, to sell real estate.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 328.]
JOSHUA WINGATE 1764 NORTH HA!VIPTOX
In the name of God Amen the third day of March 1764 I
Joshua Wingate of North Hampton in the Province of New
Hampshire In Newengland Esq'' * * *
Item I give & Bequeath unto Mary my dearly beloved wife
(in case She out lives me) the Improvement of the one half of
my Real Estate dureing her Natural Life —
Item — I give to my Son Pain Wingate One Hundred & forty
two dollars to be paid by my Executor —
Item — I give to my Daughter Sarah Toppan ten pounds old
tenor to be paid by my Executor —
Item — I give to my Daughter Mary Pickering ten pounds
old tenor to be paid by my Executor —
Item I give to my Son Joshua Wingate the Improvement of
Eight Acres of Land Lying at the north End of my pasture Land
& Joyning to the Twenty Acres I let him have before also the
Improvement of five Acres of meddow Land on the north Side
of the Brook that Runs through my Meddow next to land
formerly owned by Cap* Thomas Dureing his natural life also
ten Dollars to be paid by my Executor —
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Item — I give to my Daughter Jane Chase ten pounds old
tenor to be paid by my Executor —
Item — I give to the Heirs of my late Daughter Martha
Weeks Deces*^ ten pounds old tenor to be paid by my Executor
Item — I give to the Heirs of my late Daughter Abigail
Stickney Deces*^ ten pounds old tenor to be paid by my Executor
Item — • I give to my Daughter Love Gookins one Hundred
Dollars — my will & meaning is that my Said Daughter is not
to have it unless She out lives her present Husband & further
it is my will that if She Should not out live her present Husband
I do give it to the Children of my Said Daughter to be Equally
Devided between them — to be paid by my Executor as they
Respectively come of age —
Item — I give to my Daughter Elizebath Newman ten pounds
old tenor to be paid by my Executor —
Item — I give to my Son John Wingate all my Farm where I
now live Lying between the Lands of Docte'' Levi Dearburn &
Lands formerly belonging to Peter Jonson with the House
Barns & Orchard also all my meddow Land lying between
Thomas Marston John Smith & Land formerly owned by Cap*
Thomas also all my moveables & stock of Creatures and if aney
thing Else belongs to me which I have not herein Disposed of
I give it to my Son John Wingate to him to His Heirs & assigns
forever —
Lastly I do by these presents Constitute make & Ordain my
Son John Wingate Sole Executor * * *
Joshua Wingate
[Witnesses] Benj Johnson, Daniel Dow, Levi Dearborn,
[Proved Feb. 22, 1769.]
[Bond of John Wingate of North Hampton, gentleman, with
Christopher Toppan of Hampton and Levi Dearborn of North
Hampton, physician, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Feb. 22,
1769, for the execution of the will; witnesses, Theophilus Smith,
Jr., and Samuel Hale, Jr.]
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JOHN WIGGIN 1764 STRATI lAM
In the Name of God Amen the Sixth Day of march anno:
Domini one thousand Seven hundred and Sixty fouer I John
wiggin of Stratham in the province of New-hampshire in new-
england Yeoman being very Sick and weak in Body * ♦ *
Item I Give and Bequeath unto wife martha Wiggin one half
of all the Incum and profiets of my Estate so Long as she Shall
Remain my widow and one Cow and horse to be Capt for her one
use winter and Sumer and one half my Dweling house and Seller
which End thereof she pleases and firewood Brought to my house
and Cut Sutable for her fire —
Also I Give to my Said wife four Sheep and the Incum of one-
third of my Estate Dureing her Nautral Life
Item I Give and Bequath unto my Beloved Son Stephen
wiggin all Land medow Ground orchards and Building that
I have in Stratham afore Said or alee where and all my perasonal
Estate not alrady & hereafter Disposed of by this my Last will
and Testement to him my Said Son Stephen his heirs and assigns
for Ever alwaies provided that if my Said Son Stephen Shall Dye
without a Lawfull Heair Begotten of his Body then the Said
premesses Shall Return to my Cusen John wiggin his heirs and
assigns he the Said John payeing to my Sister Sarah Stevens or
her heirs Two hundred & fifty pounds old Tenor within Twelve
months next after his Coming into possion of Said premesses —
and pay unto my Sister Bridget Evens her heirs or assigns Two
hundred and fifty pounds old Tenor within Two years next
after the Said John coms into possion of Said premesses and pay
unto my Sister Debrough Doe her heairs or assigns Two hundred
and fifty pounds old tenor within Three years next after his
Coming into possion of Said premesses —
and pay unto My Sister Eleazebath wiggin her heirs or assigns
Two hundred and fifty pounds old Tenor within four years next
after the Said John Coms into possion of Said premesses
Item I Give and bequeath unto my Cusen Levy wiggin Two
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Sheep to be Let out for him when he Corns to the age of nineteen
years and one Cow and Calf or fair with Calf when he Corns to
the age of Twenty one years provided the Said Levy Do Dwell
with and work for me and my familay Till he arives to Twenty
one years further my will is that the Said Levy Shall be Larnt
a Cordwainers Trade and be Larnt to Read writ and Cypher to
be Capable to Keep a Trademans Book and Give him Two
Suits of appariel one Suitable for working Dayes the other for
Sabarth Days —
Item I Constitute make and ordain Nathaniel wiggin
Executor * * *
his
John X Wiggin
Mark
[Witnesses] Samuel wiggin, Andrew wiggin juner, Rich"*
Young.
[Proved March 28, 1764.]
[Inventory, attested April 25, 1764; amount £10,213, H- o;
signed by Andrew French and Samuel Wiggin.]
[Account of the executor; receipts, £879. 15. o, personal
estate; expenditures, £832. 10. o; allowed June 26, 1776.]
JAMES PLACE
1764
ROCHESTER
In the Name of God Amen this Eighth Day of March Anno
Domini one thousand Seven hundred & Sixty four I James Place
of Rochester in the Province of New Hamp'' Husbandman being
weak in Body * * *
Item I Give & Bequeath to my well beloved wife Hannah Place
the westerly half of my house & Barn & one half of my home-
stead Estate (until my Son Samuel Place shall arrive to twenty
one years of age) together with my Pew in the meeting house all
my household goods Stock of Cattle horses sheep Swine & farm-
I
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29
ing utensils with one third of the mill logs I have now in the
river to be at her own Disposal for the maintainanc of her self
& bringing up my two Youngest Children Samuel & Abigail place
Item I give & Bequeath to my well Beloved Son John Place
all that tract of Land where he now Dwells together with the
Buildings thereon which I purchased of Jn° IVl^Vicker & for
which I heretofore have given him a Deed of Gift not by me
acknowledged together with fifty acres part of a Second Division
lot of Land in said Rochester with the timber thereon which
Said fifty acres is part of the Second Division lot which I pur-
chased of John & Thomas Leighton all which I give to my said
son John Place his heirs & assigns forever as his full share of my
Estate
Item I Give & Bequeath to my well Beloved son George Place
all that tract of Land where he now Dwells together with the
Buildings thereon which I purchased of David Leighton To-
gether with fifty acres Part of a Second Division Lot of Land in
Said Rochester with the timber thereon which Said fifty acres is
part of the Second Division Lot which I purchased of John &
Thomas Leighton also one half of my Little field at Squanomo-
gonock falls with one Day & a half in the sawmill there all which
I give to my said son George Place his Heirs & assigns forever as
his full share of my Estate
Item I Give & Bequeath to my son In Law Eph" Ham &
to his heirs & assigns forever the other half of my Little field at
Squanomogonock falls aforesaid
Item I Give & Bequeath to my well Beloved Daughter
Eleanor Ham & to her heirs forever Two thousand Pound old
tenor mony of Said Province to be paid by my son David Place
within Six years after my Decease or Equal thereto counting a
Spanish mill'd Dollar Six pounds like tenor of Said Province
which Said mony I give to my said Daughter Eleanor & to her
Heirs as her full Share of my Estate
Item I Give & Bequeath to my well Beloved son Samuel
Place & to his Heirs & assigns forever that half of my homestead
I
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Estate & Buildings which I have given the Improvement of to
my Beloved Wife During his minority my Will & meaning is
that he shall enter into the Possession of the Land (& so much
of the house & Barn as his mother choses then to Spare him)
when he is twenty one years old & shall from that time Yield &
surrender to his said mother yearly & Every year one half of the
neat produce of said Land During her Widow Hood & paying
his sister Abigail two Thousand Pound old tenor mony as I
shall hereafter order all which I give to my said son Samuel
Place as his full share of my Estate
Item I Give & Bequeath to my well Beloved Daughter Abigail
Place & to her heirs lawfuly born of her body Two thousand
Pound old tenor mony of said Province to be paid to my said
Daughter by my said son Samuel Place within Six years after
he shall arrive to the age of twenty one years or Equal thereto
Counting a Spanish Alilld Dollar Six Pound like Tenor of Said
Province which Said Two thousand Pound I give to my Said
Daughter Abigail Place in manner aforesaid of her full share of
my Estate j
Item I Give & Bequeath to my well beloved son David Place
one half of My Homestead Estate with the East half of my house
& East half of my barn also one hundred & fourty Acres of the
second Division lot which I purchased of John & Thomas Leigh-
ton with all the timber thereon also my Interest in the middle
Sawmill at Noraway Plain together with all my Debts Land &
moveable Effects not be me heretofore Disposed of in this will
all which I give to my said Son David Place his heirs & assigns
forever as his full share of my Estate & for paying my debts &
funeral charges
Lastly I Constitute Ordain & appoint my said son David Place
sole Executor * * *
James Place X his Mark
[Witnesses] Joseph Walker Ju, Jonathan Laighton, Tho* W'
Waldron.
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 3I
[Proved March 28, 1764.]
[Inventory, Oct. 23, 1764; amount, £47,212. 15. o; signed by
John McDuffie and John Plummer.]
JOHN FULLERTON 1764 EFFING
[Administration on the estate of John Fuilerton of Epping
granted to David Lawrence March 9, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 182.]
[Bond of David Lawrence of Epping, with William Parker of
Kingston and Jonathan Shaw of Hampton, yeoman, as sureties,
in the sum of £ioo, March 9, 1764, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, William Parker, Samuel Parker.]
[Inventory, May 7, 1764; amount, £3074. 15. o; signed by
Joseph Chandler and Abraham Perkins.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts £1271. 10. o; expendi-
tures, £1024. 2. 4; mentions a widow and son; allowed Feb. 25,
1767.]
[Additional account; receipts, £7. 7. 5; expenditures, £4. 14. 2;
allowed April 20, 1775.]
JAMES MURRAY 1764 LONDONDERRY
In the Name of God Amen this twintey Sixt Day of March
anno Dom 1764 I James Murey of Londonderry in the Province
of New hempshire In New Ingland yeoman being in Perfit
Helth * * *
Imprimas I Give and beqeth to My Son William Murey all
my Reall and Personall Estat that I have in Londondery he
Paying the following Legises to Wit to My Son David Murey
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the sume of five shillings starling and to My Sone James ]\Iurey
the sume of five shillings starling and
Itam I Give and Beqeth to My Sone Robart Murey and My
Daughter marey Murey all the Lands I have in Sundrey other
towns to be Equaly Devided Betwixt them and to have Paid
to Each of them by My son Welliam Alurey the sume of Seven-
teen Pounds starling in three years after My Deseas and I ap-
point My son William Murey to be my sole Executore of this My
Last Will and testment Revocking and Desanulling all formor
Wills and Beqeethments of whatsoever kind and Xatur and
alowing this and No other to be My Last Will and testment and
I appoint Robart Wallace John Gilmor and James Nickels to
be oversears With full Power to see my Will Executed * * *
James Murrey
[Witnesses] Robert Willson, Alexander Willson, David
Willson.
[Proved Oct. 30, 1765.]
[Inventory, April 8, 1766; amount, £321. 15. 7 ; signed by John
Barnett and James Nesmith; an addition of nine lots in Middle
Monadnock at £50 was returned Sept. 22, 1766.]
[Account of the executor ; receipts as per inventory of personal
estate; expenditures, £35. o. 9; allowed Sept. 24, 1766.]
WILLIAM FOSS 1764 DOVER
[Administration on the estate of William Foss of Dover,
mariner, granted to William Foss March 29, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 197.]
[Bond of William Foss, yeoman, with Moses Howe, physician,
and Isaac Home, yeoman, as sureties, all of Dover, in the sum
of £500, March 29, 1764, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker, William Vaughan.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
33
[Warrant, March 29, 1764, authorizing Richard W'aldron,
gentleman, and Jacob Sawyer, blacksmith, both of Dover, to
appraise the estate; mentions William i-oss as son (^f the
deceased.]
[Inventory, attested June 27, 1764; amount, £1084. o. 3;
signed by Richard Waldron and Jacob Sawyer.]
SAMUEL NUTE 1764 DOXER
In the Name of God amen This Twenty ninth Day of march
Anno Domini one thousand Seven hundred Sixty & four I
Samuel Nute of Dover in y« Province of Newhampshire in New
England Husbandman being week in body * * *
Imprimisis I Give & bequeath unto my Beloved Wife Eliza-
beth Nute the one third of y^ Produce Profit & Income of my
Homested Lands both mowing Tillage & Pasturing Lands that
is to Say y« one third Part of y Corn Grain & Hay & y one
third part of y" fruit of my Orchard or Cyder as She Shall Chuse
to be well & Seasonably Secured and housed for her use yearly
& Every Year by my Executor herein & hereafter Named I
Also give to my s'' Wife y^ free use & Improvement of y" one
half of y« House which she Shall Chuse & Also y« one third of y
Cellar under y^ House & Also y« use & Improvement of y" one
Third Part of my Barn And that During y Term of her Contain-
ing my widow & if in Case She Shall marry again then after her
Said marriage my Will is that She Shall have out of my Estate
only her Proper Dower as by Law Allowed I Also give to my
said wife all my Moveables Estate within Doors & without to
her own Disposal Excepting what I shall make mention or Dis-
pose of other ways in this my Last Will & Testament —
Item I Give & Bequeath unto my Son John Nute & to his
Heirs & Assigns for Ever Sixty Acres of Lands Lying in Rochester
in y« Province aforesaid it being y^ Seventy Seventh Lot in y«
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first Division in Said Rojester where he Now Liveth & Also all
my Right Title Intrest Estate in y® third Division in s"^ Rochester
to his Heirs & Assigns for Ever —
Item I Give to my Son Jotham Nute whom I make sole Execu-
tor of this my Last Will & Testament all my homested Lands and
Orchards Together with my Dwelling House & barn & all other
buildings standing or being upon y^ said Land Reserving to my
Wife Such apart of y^ Produce of y* Said Land & Such apart of
y^ Buildings as is before mentioned During the Term before
Expressed I also Give to my s*^ Son Jotham Nute Twelve Acres
of Land Lying in Said Dover upon y« Plains So Called on the
westerly Side of the Country Road that Leads from Cochecha
to Durham which Land I Purchased of Joseph Tebbets & Also
Ten Acres of Land being Part of my Common Right in s*^ Dover
& is to be Laid out in the Undivided Lands in Said Town I Also
give to my s^ Son Jotham all my farming Tackling \'iz Carts
Plows yokes Chains Scithes Rakes & hoes &c. I also give to
my said Son Jotham his Heirs & Assigns for Ever All my Land in
y^ Second Division Lot in Rochester being one third part of y^
Lot & half of Land Touching to Jonathan hams Land in said
Rochester —
Item I Give to my Daughter Sarah the wife of Josiah Clark
fifty Pounds in Cash Old Tennor to be paid to her or her Heirs
by my Above mentioned Executor within y^ Term of one year
after my Decease —
Item I Give to my Daughter Alartha the wife of Benjamin
Dam fifty Pounds in Cash Old Tennor to be Paid to her or heirs
by my Said Executor within the Term of two years after my
Decease —
Item I Give to my Grand Son Obed the Son of my Daughter
Elizabeth Nute Deceased fifty pounds in Cash Old Tennor to
be paid by my s*^ Executor within y^ Term of three years after
my Decease
Item I Give to my Grand Daughter Elizabeth Clark the
Daughter Josiah Clark one feather bed and beding or furniture
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35
to be Deliverd her immediately after ye Decease of my s' wife
by my s^^ Executor & y Live stock after ye Decease of my wife i
give to my said Son Jotham & the house hold kocmIs tS: furniture
to be Equally Divided between my two Daughters after ye
Decease of my wife if any be Left by my s*^ Executor ♦ ♦ ♦
Samuel nute
[Witnesses] Silas Tuttle, James Tuttle, Thomas Tiittlc
[Proved June 26, 1765.]
[Warrant, June 26, 1765, authorizing James Tuttle and Silas
Tuttle, both of Dover, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Sept., 1765; amount, £357. 3. o; signed by James
Tuttle and Silas Tuttle.]
REUBEN DIMOND 1764 SOUTH H.XMITOX
In the Name of God Amen the first Day of April one thousand
Seven Hundred and sixty four I Reuben Dimond of South
Hampton in the province of New Hampshir in \ew England
yeoman being in health of body * * *
Imprimis I give and bequath unto my son Israel Dimond all
my land I have in kingston which I purchased of Jacob Gillmon
and my fresh medow lying ajacent thereunto and my land
I bought of Jacob Morril Sam" Bean and Joseph Fellows and
half a lott of land I have in Exeter which 1 bought of Abner
Clough, with all the Commodities privileges and appurtances to
the same belonging to him his heirs and assigns for ever.
Item I give and bequath to my son Ezekiel Dimond all my
land I have in Rumford which I purchased of John packer and
Abraham Kimball with all the commoditis pri\eleges and appur-
tenances to the same belonging to him his heirs and assigns for
ever
36 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Item I give and bequath to my son Isaac Dimond all my lott
of land I have in Exeter which I bought of Benjamin thing and
half a lot of land I have in Exeter which I purchased of Abner
Clough with all the commodities priveleges and appurtenances
to the same belonging to him his heirs and assigns for Ever.
Item I give and bequath to my four Daughters Xamly
Hannah Dimond Judith french the wife of Joseph french Miriam
tuxbeary the wife of Benjamin tuxbeary and Dorothy Dimond
all my home stead where on I now Dweel to be eaqualy Divided
among them with all the commodities priveleges and appur-
tenances to the same belonging to them their heirs and assigns
for ever, and furder my will is that if one or more of my Daugh-
ters Should Die and leave no heir, and her or their land not sold
nor Disposed off then to be Equally Divided to my surviving
Daughters or their Children
Item I give and bequath to my two Daughters Hannah and
Dorothy above named two cows and two swine and all my house
hold goods to be Eaqually Divided between them
Item I give and bequath to my beloved wife one cow
Item I give and bequath to my son Israel Dimond whom I
constitute make and ordain my sole Executor of this my last
will and testement all my stock of brut Creaturs Not other wise
Disposed of before of what Name or Nature so ever they be and
all my Just Debts that is Due to me after my Just Debts and
funiral charges be paid * * *
Reuben Dimond
[Witnesses] Joseph Jones, Daniel Jones, moses Jones.
[Proved Dec. 26, 1770.]
[Bond of Israel Dimond of Hawke, yeoman, with Joseph
Jones and Daniel Jones, both of South Hampton, yeomen, as
sureties, in the sum of £500, Dec. 26, 1770, for the execution of
the will; witness, John Wentworth.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WH.LS y
MARY GAMBLING 1764 PORTSMOITH
In the Name of God Amen I Mary (^aml.linK <»f I'ortsmoiith
in the Province of New Hampshire Widow bein^ Indisix.s.-d in
body * * *
Item I give all my Land in Chester in the Province of Nfw
Hampshire to my Sister Elizabeth Toppan & her Son John \'
their heirs I give her my Riding Chair c\: such other things I
have mentiond in a Memorandum in writing —
Item I give & Devise to my Sister Dei)rah Knight my Dwel-
ling house where I now live with all the Land tS: buildings thereto
belonging to hold to her & her Execut" & admin^" that is to say
all the right title Interest & Demand which I have therein only
reserving to George Knight the Interest herein Conveyd to him
in the Said house & Land —
Item I give to my Sister Susanna Winkly the Sum of fifty
pounds a year to be paid to her Yearly during her natural
life by my Executors aforesaid for her Separate use as she
shall have Occasion thereof & her Receipt shall be allowd as
Good Evidence of the payment thereof & a Sufficient Discharge
thereof
Item I give and bequeath & Devise to my four Cousins Samuel
Penhallow John Penhallow William Knight & Temple Knight all
my Lands in Gilman Town Nottingham in said Province I-^qually
Divided between them their heirs & Assigns —
Item I give & Devise to Benjamin Gambling Carter his heirs
& assigns all my Land in the Township Leicester in the Province
of the Massachusetts Bay Excepting the Perticular parcels
thereof herein afterwards given to others and all my School
books I give to him
Item I Devise to the children of Sarah Hodgdon formerly
Sarah Seaver One hundred acres of Land in said place & to their
heirs & assigns and to the Children of her brother Benjamin
Deceasd One hundred acres of Land there between them their
heirs & Assigns Equally Divided —
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Item I give & Devise to M^" Eaton the Present Minister of
Said Liecester two acres of my meadow in said Township to him
his Heirs & assigns
Item I give to the Children of my Brother Samuel Deceasd
One thousand pounds old Tenor according to the Present value
to be paid within two years after my Decease Equally Divided
Item I give & Devise to my Cousin Mary Knight all my Land
in Chichester in Barrington and my Lot of Land in the Rock
field so called in Portsmouth & to her Heirs & Assigns I also give
to her & her Husband George Knight the use of so much of my
Dwelling house & liberty to Improve the Same as they shall have
Occasion to use so long as his father John Knight shall live with
so much of the Garden I Likewise give her my bed & furniture
thereto belonging in my Hall Chamber with the bed she lodges
on & now Improves Six cane Chairs the Chest of Drawyers the
Table there a Looking Glass with another oval Table and half
my Glass & China & all my Puter & Brass ware & Iron ware &
Common Chairs
Item I give to my Sister Deborah Knight my Bed on which
I usually Lay the Chest of Drawyers in the Chamber where I
usually Lodge my Easy Chair an oval Table & a Large Looking
glass with one half of my china & Glass ware One Silver Por-
ringer & one Doz. of Leather Chairs
Item I give to my Cousin Deborah Carter Six Cane Chairs a
large Looking Glass an oval Table & the brasses tongs & Shoval
in my Hall Chamber
Item I give to my Cousin Samuel Pemberton one hundred
acres of Land at Hardwick to him his Heirs & assigns
Item I give to Madam Elizabeth Fitch forty pounds old Tenor
as a token of my Regard to her —
Item I give to the Children of my Cousin Hannah Colman the
Sum of three hundred pounds old Tenor to be paid by my Execu-
tors within two years after my Decease —
Lastly all the Residue of my Estate real & Personal I give De-
vise & bequeath to my Executors to Enable them to pay Debts &
NEW HAMPSIIIRI-. WILLS
39
Legacies & therefore to be at their Disposal as they Sec cause
only I add to what I have aho\e given to mary Knight my house-
hold Linnin except what I ha\e disposed of to lier aunts which
She knows of, and half my Pew in the North Meeting c\: the otlu-r
half of Said Pew I give to IVP Henry Carter the husbandman of
my Cousin Deborah my Sister Knights Daughter to their Dis-
posal as they See Cause and also my Silver Tankard which 1 give
to the Church of Christ of which I am a member — all the Re-
mainder & Residue of Said Estate Excepting the articles afores**
I gi\e to my Said Executors to be at their absolute Dis[)osal for
the Ends aforesaid & the overplus if any to be their own property
And I hereby constitute & appoint my Cousins Samuel Penhal-
low & William Knight to be the Executors of this my last Will &
Testament & Revoke all other Wills & Testaments by me in any
manner heretofore made In Witness whereof 1 have hereunto
Set my hand & Seal the Second Day of April 1764
Mary Gambling
[Witnesses] Samuel Hale, Peter Pearse, William Parker.
[Proved Sept. 26, 1764.]
[Bond of Samuel Penhallow and William Knight, merchants,
with Samuel Hale as surety, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of
£10,000, Sept. 26, 1764, for the execution of the will; witnesses,
John Sullivan, William Vaughan.]
SAMUEL THURSTON 1764 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Thurston of Exeter,
yeoman, granted to Daniel Tilton, April 18, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 218.]
[Bond of Daniel Tilton of Exeter, trader, with Joseph Leavitt
of Exeter and Nathan Hoag of Stratham. yeoman, as sureties, in
the sum of £500, April 18, 1764, for the administration of the
estate; witness, William Stilson,]
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[Inventory, June 5, 1764; amount, £667. o. o; signed by John
Rice and John Giddings.]
Province of 1 By Virtue of a Warrant to us Directed by the
New Hamp^ / Honourable John Wentworth Esq"" Judge of
the Probate of Wills &° for said Province appointing us the
Subscribers a Committee to set off to Mary Thustin of Exeter
widow Her Dower which Happens to her of the Real Estate of
her Late Husband Samuel Thustin Late of Said Exeter Joyner
Deceas'd, Bearing date April 22*^ 1766 —
Pursuant to the above we Have Survey'd the Real Estate of
the said Deceas'd, as shewn to us by the adminstrator and have
set off to the widow Mary Thustin to hold To her in Severalty
her Dower in the manner following (Viz) the whole of the man-
sion House and Ten Square Rods of Land bounded as follows
(Viz) To begin by the Highway one foot to the Eastward of the
Esterly End of Said House thence to Extend westerly binding on
said Highway Two rods and one Half thence Northerly a parelell
Line with the upper side of Said Lott four rods so as to Compleat
Ten rods as abovemention'd and allso a privilidge of the well
near said House
Given Under our Hands at Exeter afforsaid april 28*^' 1766
John Gilman
Nich^ Gilman
Jon* Gilman
ANN GLIDDEN 1764 EXETER
In the Name of God amen the ninteenth day of april annoque
domini one Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty four I Anne
Glidden of Exeter in the Province of Newhampshire in New
England Widow * * *
Item I Give and bequeath unto my two Sons Viz Nathaniel
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Glidden and John Glidden their heirs and assigns forever all my
land lying by the Easterly Side of the way leading from ICxeter
to Kensington by the litle falls (so Called) to be Equally divided
between them Excepting only one acre of Said land \vlii( h 1
Reserve and hereby manifest that my will is that my Executor
Shall Sell Said acre of land and pay my Just debts and funeral
Charges and if there Should be any over Plush left of what Said
acre Shall Sell for after my debts and funeral Charges are paid
it Shall be Equally divided and paid to my Said two Sons.
Item I Give and bequeath to my daughter Anne I'nderhill my
black Bumberzeen Gown.
Item I Give and bequeath to my daughter Abigail R.iwlins
my oldest Chints Gown and a Silk blanket.
Item I Give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Brown
her heirs and assigns forever that Twenty fi\e acres of land mcjre
or less lying in Chester in the Province aforesaid which I bought
of her Husband Benjamin Brown as by his deed of Sale to me
may fully appear — and I Give my Said daughter Elizabeth my
Peirsian Gown.
Item I Give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Cram, my
Caleminco Gown and my Rideing hood and four Sheep.
Item I Give and bequeath to my daughter Susanna Glidden
a fether bed and all the Remainder of my Estate Real and
Personall not heretofore otherways disposed in this my will to
be hers her heirs and assigns forever
Finally I do hereby Constitute appoint make and ordain Ste-
phan Thing of Exeter aforesaid yeoman Sole Executor * * *
Anne Glidden
[Witnesses] Daniel Gilman 4'^ Ward Clark Dean, David
Young.
[Proved Aug. 29, 1770.]
[Warrant, Aug. 29, 1770, authorizing Nicholas Gilman, gentle-
man, and Trueworthy Gilman, tanner, both of Exeter, to ap-
praise the estate.]
42 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Inventory, Sept. 26, 1770; amount, £59. 5. o; signed by
Nathaniel Gilman and Trueworthy Gilman.]
MOSES KELSEY 1764 NOTTINGHAM
[Administration on the estate of Moses Kelsey of Nottingham,
yeoman, granted to James Kelsey of Nottingham, yeoman,
April 25, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 218.]
[Bond of James Kelsey, with William McCrillis of Nottingham
and John Burnham Hanson of Durham, yeomen, as sureties, in
the sum of £500, April 25, 1764, for the administration of the
estate; witness, William Parker.]
[See estate of John Kelsey.]
HELEN CUMMINGS 1764 CONCORD, MASS.
[Administration on the estate of Helen Cummings of Concord,
Mass., widow, granted to James Nevin April 25, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 218.]
[Bond of James Nevin, with Wyseman Claggett and Theodore
Atkinson, Jr., as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500,
April 25, 1764, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
William Parker, William Vaughan.]
[Administration granted to James Nevin, July 31, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 526.]
[Bond of James Nevin, with Wyseman Claggett and Josiah
Bartlett of Kingston as sureties, in the sum of £500, July 31,
1765, for the administration of the estate in New Hampshire;
witnesses, David Clifford, William Vaughan.]
NEW PIAMPSIIIRE WILLS 43
RICHARD COOK 1764 I)()\I-R
[Administration on the estate of Richard Cook of Dover,
yeoman, granted to Rebecca Cook, widow, April 25, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 219.]
[Bond of Rebecca Cook, with Daniel Cook and John Cook as
sureties, all of Dover, in the sum of £500, April 25, 1764, for the
administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, William
Vaughan.]
[Warrant, April 25, 1764, authorizing Solomon Hanson and
Stephen Hanson, both of Dover, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested July 25, 1764; amount, L'2926. 16. o;
signed by Solomon Hanson and Stephen Hanson.]
JOSEPH LIBBY 1764 RYE
[Administration on the estate of Joseph Libby of Rye, yeo-
man, granted to Mary Libby and Abraham Libby April 25,
1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 218.]
[Bond of Mary Libby, widow, and Abraham Libby, yeoman,
with Joseph Brown and Jonathan Towle, yeoman, as sureties,
all of Rye, in the sum of £500, April 25, 1764, for the adminis-
tration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, William
Vaughan.]
[Inventory, June 26, 1764; amount, £8355. o. o; signed by
Samuel Jenness and Francis Locke.]
[License to the administrators, Dec. 24, 1764, to sell real
estate; mentions Abraham Libby as brother of the deceased.]
[Additional inventory, April 21, 1766; amount, £1506. 6. o;
signed by Samuel Jenness and Francis Locke.]
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[Warrant, May 27, 1766, authorizing Jeremiah Berry, Reuben
Moulton, and Joseph Jenness, all of Rye, yeomen to set off the
widow's dower to Mary, now wife of Reuben Dearborn of North
Hampton, yeoman.]
Province of 1 Agreable to a warrant from the Hon'^'^
New Hampsh'' J John Wentworth Esq'' Judge of the Probate
of Wills for Said Province &c to us the Subscribers We agree to
Set off to Mary the Late wife of Joseph Lebbee Deceased her
Dower and Power of thirds which happened to her of his Real
Estate her full third part Bounded as followeth Viz ten acres
more or Less in Rye Bounding Westerly on the High way North-
erly on Land of m"^ Jacob Lebbee Easterly on Land of James
Mardon & Southerly on Land of James Philbrick also one acre of
thach Ground in Sandy Beach Pond Bounding Westerly on
Joshua Rands Northerly on Benjamin Lang Easterly on Reuben
Moulton & Southerly on Stephen Mardon also one acre of W^ood
Land in Northampton Bonded Easterly on Land of James
Purkens Southerly on abraham Lebbee westerly on Land of the
afore Said James Purkens & northerly on Land of Benjamin
Lebbee as undivided and the fence on the West Side of the ten
acres to be made as Good by abraham Lebbee as it was when his
Brother Joseph Lebbee was alive
Rye June 10*^ 1766 Jeremiah Berry
Ruben Moulton
Joseph Jenness
[Bond of Nathaniel Batchelder of Deerfield, with Reuben
Dearborn of North Hampton as surety, in the sum of £50,
Aug. 30, 1782, to prosecute his suit on the bond of the adminis-
trators; witnesses, Josiah Simpson, Nathaniel Parker.]
[Account of the administrators; receipts, £316. 15. 4, personal
estate; expenditures, £305. 11. 3; mentions "Maintaining the
Child of said deceased 6 Years"; allowed Aug. 23, 1799.]
Rye in y^ year 1768 we the Committee Cap* Joseph Jenness
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 45
Mr Jeremiah Bearry Seargent Rueben Multon, we have set off
the thirds of his Estate wife of Mr Reuben Dearborn, She Ix'inK
the wife of Mr Joseph Libby Decesed we being call'd together
again we theirfore do call it to Rememberence those minutes
following our Act, A peace of Land which was a orchard lying
on the road which Leads from Rye to Hampton & Joins on mr
Peter Garland now being fenced allso a peace of Sack ground
it being formerly the Estate of mr Joseph Libbey Decesed, we
are call together this 20 day of March 1798 it being because that
the return not being turn in to the Judge of probate, as it was
left with Richard Jenness Esq"" Decesed who settled the PIstate.
Joseph Jenness
Jeremiah Berry
Reuben Moulton
[Witnesses] Joseph Jenness Juner, Sam' B. Parker.
Rye March 20''' 1798 the within Named Jeremiah Beary
Joseph Jenness and Reuben Moulton as a Comety apointed
to Set of the thirds to the Estate of Joseph Lebee Late of Rye
Deces<^ have CairfuUy attended on Said buseness have Sett of
a pease of Orchiding Land and Bounded Beckford Lang on the
North Daved Smeth on the East Peter Garland on the South
and on a high way on the West it being about Six acers more or
Less which We have Don to the Best of our Judgmen allso one
acer of thatch ground in Sandey Beach pond Called
Jeremiah Berry
Joseph Jenness
Reuben Moulton
[Warrant, March 21, 1798, authorizing Joseph Jenness, gentle-
man, Jeremiah Berry, and Reuben Moulton, yeomen, all of Rye,
to appraise the annual rental value of the estate during the
time it was occupied by Abraham Libby, late of Rye, now of
Chester. They reported, June 4, 1798, that it should be $23.00
per year for nineteen years.]
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SIMON FRENCH 1764 KINGSTON
In the Name of God Amen: I Simon French of Kingston in the
Province of New Hampshire Cordwainer * * *
2ndiy J Qive to Sarah my Beloved wife all my Household stuflf
Except two Brass Kettles my Bigest Iron pot & one Bed & the
Beding Belonging to it to her absolute Disposal I also Give her
the use of one Fire room in my house & any other Accomodation
that she may need in upper room or Cellar & a Comfortable &
plentifull Support to be Bro't & Given her by my son David
year by year & every year During her Natural Life
2)^^y I Give & Devise to my son David all my Estate Both
Real & personal Moveable & immoveable to him his Hiers &
assigns forever Except what I have otherways Disposed of in this
my Last will & he paing the Legacies herin ordred for him to
pay Except my Homestead which I Give to my said son David
During his Natural Life & at his Decease I order said Homestead
to My Beloved Grandchild John French his Hiers & assigns for
ever He allowing his mother the use & improvement of one
third part of said Homestead During her Natural Life
^thiy J Give to My Daughter Abigail now the wife of Obediah
Elkins Five Pounds old tenor I having Given her a Large Portion
of my Estate Before
And I Do hereby Constitute & appoint my said son David
French sole Executor * * * in witness where of I Do here
unto set my hand & seal this Twenty Eighth Day of april one
thousand seven Hundred & sixty four & in the fourth year of his
majisties Reign
Simon French
[Witnesses] Ebenezer Long, Samuel fifield jun"", Josiah Bartlett.
[Proved Sept. 26, 1764.]
[Bond of David French, yeoman, with Josiah Bartlett, physi-
cian, as surety, both of Kingston, in the sum of £5000, Sept. 26,
1764, for the execution of the will; witnesses, William Parker,
William Vaughan.]
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47
EDMUND RAND 1764 HAMPTON
In The Name of God Amen
The fifth Day of May in the fourth Year of the Reign of King
George the third over great Britain &c Anno Domini 1764 I
Edmund Rand of Hampton in the Province of New Hampshire
in New England Husbandman being at this time tho weak in
Body * * *
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my well beloved Daughter
Sarah Smith and her Heirs Sixteen Dollers to be paid by my
Executor within one Year after my Decease —
Item I give and Bequeath unto my well beloved Daughter
Martha Mason and her Heirs Sixteen Dollers to be paid by my
Executor within one Year after my Decease —
Item I give and bequeath unto the Heirs of my well beloved
Daughter Mary Leavitt late of Hampton Deceas*^ sixteen Dollers
to be paid within one Year after my Decease by my Executor —
Item I give and Bequeath unto my well beloved Daughter
Abigail Jenness and her Heirs Sixteen Dollers to be paid by my
Excutor within one Year after my Decease —
Item I give and Bequeath unto my wellbeloved Daughter
Elizabeth Boynton and her Heirs Sixteen Dollers to be paid by
my Executor within one Year after my Decease —
Item I give and Bequeath unto my weell beloved son Thomas
Rand and unto his Heirs and Assingns all my Estate Real and
personel of what Nature or kind soever wheresoever to be
found, ordering him to pay out the Legacies aforesaid —
Lastly I Constitute and Appoint my said son Thomas Rand
sole Executor to this my Will * * *
his
Edmund X Rand
Marke
[Witnesses] John Moulton, Charles Chase, Levi Dearborn.
[Proved Aug. 30, 1769.]
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JOHN TWOMBLY 1764 DOVER
In the Name of God Amen I John Twombly of Dover in the
Province of New Hampshire In New England yeoman being
Sick & weak of Body * * *
Imprimas I Give & Bequeath Unto my two Sons John Twom-
bly & David Twombly & unto their heirs & assigns forever In
Equal moieties or halves all my Homsted Land or farm where I
now Dwell, together with all the orchard or orchards & Dwelling
house & Barn or Barns & other Buildings standing or being upon
the said Land or farm as also all the Land or Homsted farm In
s^ Dover that heretofore Belonged to My Honoured Father &
Mother John Twombly & Sarah Twombly of s'^ Dover Dec<^
Containg Sixty acres more or Less together with all the or-
chards Edifices or Buildings Standing thereon, it being the Same
Land or farm whereon my Said father & mother Last Lived or
Dwelt — as also thirty two acres of Land (more or Less) Lying
on the westerly Side of Bellimons Bank river being the remaining
part of the Same Land that my s"* Honoured father purchased
of Col° Paul Gerrish Dec^ Exclusive of twelve acres out of Said
tract that I Sold to Paul Hanson as also all my Comon right In
Said Dover not yet Sold or Laid out, which was Bequeathed to
me by my s"^ father or was Given to me In the Division of Dover
Town Commons, or by Purchase otherways or however my
Said tracts of Land may be Decribed my will is that my Said
two Sons John Twombly & David Twombly their heirs & assigns
forever shall have hold & Enjoy all my Lands orchards & Build-
ings of any Kind whatsoever Either In the Town of Dover or
Elsewhere & if Either of my said two sons should Die before he
Come of age or be married & Leave no Issue Lawfully Begotten
of his Body, my will is that the Surviving Son his heirs & assigns
for ever shall have hold Possess & Enjoy the whole of my Said
Lands orchards & Buildings as afores^ —
Item I Give & Bequeath Unto my Daughter Lydia Runnels
one Likely Cow to be p"^ & Delivered her or her heirs within the
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49
term of four years next after my Decease By the Execu" (or
Either of them) of this my Last will & Testament
Item I Give & Bequeath Unto my Daughter Anne Purinton
three Likely Grown Sheep to be p** to & D'' her or her heirs
within the term of four years next after my Decease by the
Execu" or Either of them of this my Last will «S: Testament —
Item I Give & Bequeath Unto my Daughter Sarah Twomhly
five hundred Pounds old Tenor, In value as money now is. al-
lowing Dollars Equivealent to Six pounds old Tenor F^ach which
Sum is to paid her In moveable Estate as Household Goods to be
paid her when she shall arrive to the full Age of Eighteen years
or at her marriage if it before She arrives to that age to be p** her
by my Said Execu" or Either of them. My will is that if my
Said Daughter Sarah Should Die before she arrive to the age of
Eighteen years or be married & Leave no Lawful Issue of her
Body that the Said five hundred Pounds which I Bequeath**
her as afores*^ be paid her two Brothers John c^^ David or to the
Surviver if Either Should Die as aforesaid.
Item I Give & Bequeath unto my Sister Martha Twombly the
Sole use & Improvement of one Good fire room In my s** Dwell-
ing house & Sufficient firewood for one fire the Summering &
wintering of one Cow & all other Necessaries for her Comfortable
Subsistance Until Such time as She Shall marry, & all to be
allowed Procured & Provided for her by my Execu" or Either of
them, but In Case She shall marry then my Said Execu" Shall be
released from Performing y^ aforegoing Articles & shall pay to
her my said Sister Martha Twombly the Sum of two hundred
pounds old Tenor In moveable Estate within the term of two
years next after her marriage —
Item I Give & Bequeath unto my Kinsman or Nephew Daniel
Twombly two Likely Yearling Steers & one New suit of wareing
apparrel to be p'^ & Delivered him when he shall arrive at the full
age of twenty one years by my Said Execu" or Either of them &
my will is if my Said Nephew should be Bound out to a trade &
Serve to the full age of twenty one years & not otherwise that my
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Execu" or Either of them Give him a Suit of wareing apparrel
Suitable for an apprentice to wear on working Dayes & my will
is that if my Said Nephew should not Incline to Learn a trade &
be Bound out that if he Sees fit he shall have Liberty of applying
to my Execu" or Either of them for a reasonable support pro-
vided he will Live with Either of them & behave himself in
a Civil & orderly manner & my Estate shall Support him
Until he shall arrive to the full age of twenty one years & no
Longer
Item. I Give & Bequeath unto my Loveing Wife Patience
Twombly the whole of my moveable Estate of any Kind what-
soever Either within Doors or without, mean^ household furni-
ture Husbandry utensils, Cattle horses sheep & swine meaning
all my moveable Estate whatsoever, together with the whole &
sole Improvement of all my Real Estate orchards & Buildings
Dureing her Continueing my widow or until my two sons or
Either of them as afores*^ arrive to Lawful age or be married, &
after to be as the Law Directs as to widows Dower — all which I
Bequeath to my Said wife to Enable her to Discharge my Debts,
Charges &'' & Bringing up & Supporting my Children & paying
of Legacies as afores*^ —
& I Do hereby Constitute & appoint my Said wife Patience
Twombly & My Honoured father In Law Joseph Bunker,
Either together or Seperate to be my sole Executors * * *
In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal this
fifth Day of may anno Domini one thousand Seven hundred &
Sixty four — -
John twomble
his
[Witnesses] Richard X Casswell, Moses Varney, Eph°* Han-
son, mark
[Proved Aug. 29, 1764.]
[Bond of Patience Twombly, with Joseph Bunker and Moses
Varney, both of Dover, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of £500,
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 5 1
Aug. 29, 1764, for the execution of the will; witnesses, William
Parker, William Vaughan.]
JOHN WINGATE 1764 DOVKR
In the Name of God Amen, I John Wingct of Donct in y
Province of New Hampshire in New England Gen' Ixing Exer-
cised with great Bodily Infirmities * * *
Imprimis I Give unto my Beloved Wife Sarah Winget the free
& full use & Improvement of Y'' Westerly half Bart of my Dwell-
ing House, viz: the lower Room, Chamber & Garret over it, & y*
Improvement of Such a Part of my Celler as She Shall have occa-
tion of to Secure her own Stores, And also y" Improvement of
Such a Part of my Barn as She Shall have occation of to house her
Cattle & fodder And also y^ one fourth Part of y" Produce of
my Homestead Land of every kind; & my Will is that my S"*
Wives Part of y Several Crops, Shall be well & Seasonably
Secured & housed, for her use, by my Sons Moses & Aaron
Winget, or by thier Procurement, & at thier own Cost & Charge,
yearly & every year, at thier Respective Ha\ists, During y
Term of her Continuing my Widow, but in Case She Shall Marry,
then my will is that She Shall have her Proper Dowry as by Law
Established. My Will also is that my S'^ Sons Moses & Aaron,
Shall Procure good & Sufficient fire wood for my S** Wife at y
Door of her Dwelling House to Support one good fire Yearly &
every Year, During y« afores'd Term of her Continuing my
Widow, if She Shall Require it. I also Give to my S*! Wife Two
Cows Six Sheep & one Swine to her own Disposal & y use of all
my Household goods & furniture During y« afores'd Term of her
Continuing my widow. Except Such of them as are otherwise
Dispos'd of by this Will.
Item I Give unto my Son John Winget, & to his Heirs & As-
signs for ever, abought Seventy or Eighty Acres of Land, be y'
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Same more or less, Lying in y Parish of Madbury, where he
now Hves, being his Homestead Land, which I have also Con-
vey'd unto him by one Deed of Gift. I also Give unto my S''
Son John & to his Heirs & Assigns forever forty Acres of Land
in Rochester, viz: in my Second Division Lott in S"* Town,
which lyes upon or near y^ Chesnut Hills.
Item I Give unto my Son Samuel Winget & to his Heirs &
Assigns for ever, one Hundred Acres of Land lying in Rochester
in y first Division in S"^ Town where he now lives, which I have
also Convey'd to him by one Deed of Gift.
Item I Give unto my Son Daniel Winget & to his Heirs &
Assigns for ever one Hundred /\cres of Land lying in Rochester
in y^ first Division in S'^ Town, where he now lives, which I have
also Conveyd unto him by one Deed of Gift. I also Give unto my
s*^ Sons Samuel & Daniel & to thier Heirs & Assigns for ever all
my Right Title & Interest in & unto y^ undivided Lands in S*^
Rochester, to be Equally Divided between them.
Item I Give unto my Son Joshua Winget & to his Heirs &
assigns for ever, about Twenty five Acres of Land lying where
he now lives, being his Homestead Land, which I have also
Convey'd unto him by one Deed of Gift.
Item I Give unto my Son Jonathan Winget & to his Heirs &
Assigns for ever. Sixty Acres of Land lying in Rochester afores'd,
viz; in my Second Division Lott in S*^ Town which lies upon or
near y« Chesnut Hills.
Item I Give unto my two Sons Moses & Aaron Winget & to
thier Heirs & Assigns for ever, all my Homestead Land where I
now live together with my Dwelling House & Barn, & all other
Buildings Standing upon S'^ Land Reserving Such a Part of S"*
Dwelling House & Barn for y^ use of my s^ Wife, During y«
Term of her Continuing my Widow, as is before mentioned. I
also Give to my two Sons y^ s"* Moses & Aaron & to thier Heirs
& Assigns for ever, all my Land Salt Marsh & Thatch Beds lying
between y" main Road that leads from Dover Neck to Cochecha,
& y^ Back River And also all my live Stock of Cattle Sheep
I
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Horse Kine & Swine, Except Such of them as I have otherwise
disposed of in & by this Will. I also Give unto them my s**
Sons Moses & Aaron all my farminj^ Tacklinjj: «S: utensils «.\: also
one Black walnut Desk, which C\)mmonly Stands in my west-
erly lower Room & also my large Brass Kittle. I do also Give
unto my s'^ Sons Moses & Aaron & to thier Heirs i<: Assigns for
ever, one Hundred & forty Acres of Land lying in Rochester
afores'd, viz: in my s*^ Second Division Lott, in S** Town which
lyes upon or near y Chesnut Hills. And it is here to be noted
that all y^ Articles given in this will to y s'' Moses & Aaron
Joyntly are to be Equally Divided between them.
Item. I Give unto my Daughters, viz: Sarah Ham .Anna &
Mehettabel Winget & to thier Heirs & Assigns for ever all my
Land in y" Third Division in Rochester afores'd to be Equally
Divided among them. I also Give unto Each of my s<* Daugh-
ters two Hundred Pounds, old Tenor, to be Paid them !)>■ my
s*^ Sons Moses & Aaron, out of y^ Produce of y Land which I
have Given them, viz; Two Hundred Pounds to my s*^ Daugh-
ter Sarah within y^ Term of one year after my Decease, «S: two
Hundred Pounds to my s^ Daughter Anna within y Term of
two Years after my Decease, & two Hundred Pounds to my s"*
Daughter Mehettabel within y Term of three \'ears after my
Decease. And my Will is that my s"* Daughters Anna & Mehet-
tabel Shall be as well Provided for & furnished in e\'ery Respect
by my s'^ Sons Moses & Aaron, at thier Respective Marriages, as
my s^ Daughter Sarah was by me, at her Marriage. And at y"
Decease of my s^ Wife I Give unto my s^ Daughters Sarah
Anna & Mehettable all my Household Goods & furniture to be
Equally Divided among them; Except one Black Walnut Desk,
& one Brass Kittle which I have by this will Given to my s'^
Sons Moses & Aaron.
And I do hereby Constitute make & ordain my s"* Son Moses
Winget, my Sole Executor * * *
In Witness whereof I do hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the
Twelfth day of May Anno Domini one Thousand Seven Hun-
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dred & Sixty four, and in the fourth year of ye Reign of his
Majesty King George ye Third.
His
John X Winget
Mark
[\\^itnessess] Moses Winget, Jon* Bickford, W"' Hanson j'.
[Proved Sept. 26, 1764.]
[Warrant, Sept. 26, 1764, authorizing Jonathan Bickford,
yeoman, and WilHam Hanson, Jr., both of Dover, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, Dec. 20, 1764; amount, £32,926. 15. o; signed by
John Bickford and WilHam Hanson, Jr.]
DAVID EMERSON 1764 PLAISTOW
In the Name of God Amen this twelveth Day of may anno
Domini one thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty four I David
Emerson of Plastow in the province of Newhampshire in New
England yemon * * *
Item I Give and bequeath unto my well Beloved Sun David
Teen Shillings New tenor of Said province to be paid by my
Executor here after named in twelve mongths after my De-
ceace —
Item I Give and bequeath unto my well Beloved Sun Phillip
Teen Shillings New tenor of s*^ province over and above what he
hath already Recived to be paid by my Executor here after
named in twelve mongths after my Disceas
Itim I Give and Bequeath unto my well beloved Dafter
Sarah Kimbell Teen Shillings New tenor over and above what
Shee hath alreadey Recived to be paid by my Executor here
after named in twelve mongths after my Deceas
Item I Give and bequeath unto my well Beloved Dafter
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55
Marah twentey five Pounds New tenor of s'' province or Ilciuivo-
lant in Spanish mild Dollors at Six pound old ten' p' I )(.ll()r and
also an heffer of a bout three years old to be paid by my Executor
in twelve mongths after my Deceas —
Iti™ I Give and Bequeath unto my well Beloved Grandsun
Daniel Greenough Son of my Dafter Hannah Greenough Deceast
Two pounds teen shillings New tenor or Equivolant there to in
Spanish mild Dollors at Six pounds old tino' p^ 1 )ollor, to Ix;
paid by my Executor hereafter named after my Diceace when he
Shall a Rive to the age of twentey one years
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my well Beloved Sun
Daniel all my Real Estate in s'^ plastow being my homestead
after my wifes Deceace or marring again after my Death with
my wareing apparril
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my well Beloved wife
Hannah all the Incum and Improvment of the whole of my Real
Estate so long as she Remains my widow or till marring again
after my Deceas (that is to Say) all my Household Gods and
Cattel and farming utenchels after my Debtes and funeral
Charges and Legacies are paid as Before ordred and I Do here
By Constitute and apointe my said wife Hannah my sole execu-
trix * * *
his
David X Emerson
Mark
[Witnesses] Nath^' Burpee, Dustin Chaney, Samuel Little
Jun'.
[Proved June 13, 1764.]
[Warrant, June 14, 1764, authorizing Moses Stevens and
Nathaniel Burpee, both of Plaistow, yeomen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, Sept. 24, 1764; amount, £2007. 11. o; signed by
Moses Stevens and Nathaniel Burpee.]
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ABIGAIL PERKINS 1764 HAMPTON
[Administration on the estate of Abigail Perkins of Hampton
granted to her husband, James Perkins, May 14, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 244.]
[Bond of James Perkins of Hampton, yeoman, with Thomas
Rand of Hampton, yeoman, and Hunking Wentworth of Ports-
mouth as sureties, in the sum of £500, May 14, 1764, for the
administration of the estate; witnesses, Joseph Wentworth,
John Collier.]
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I
JOSIAH JOHNSON 1764 PELHAM
In the Name of God, Amen: I Josiah Johnson, of Pellham, In
the Province of New Hampshire yeoman; Being very Sick &
Weak in Body * * * f
Imprimis. I Give & Bequeath To Elisabeth my Dearely
Beloved wife the use and Improvement of my Dwelling House
where I now Dwell with Suitable and Conveniant yard Room
around Said House and y use of y" Land on y^ Easterly End of
said House y® width of y® same till it Cums to y^ Road ; and allso
a Good Gardin Spot on my Homested Farme of one Quarter of
a acre where She Shall Choose y Same Dureing her Nattureal
Life: S^ House to be Kept In Good Repare & S<^ Gardin Spot
well Fenced and In Good ]^Ianure by my Executor for her
Dureing s^ Term. I allso Give to my S'^ Wife y^ use and Im-
provement of all my Household Goods Dureing her Nattureal
Life : And allso y^ use of a Good milch Cow to be provided and
Kept well for her from Time to Time by my s'^ Executor on my
Homested Farme Dureing y^ s^ Elisabeths nattural Life: I allso
Give to her my s'* Wife; One Hundred pound Weight of Poark,
and Fifty Weight of Beefe Twelve Bushil of Indian Corn, Six
Bushil of Good marchantable Rye, halfe a Bushill of Beans, >
three pecks of maltt thre pecks of Salt, Twoo Barrills of Cyder; I
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& Twenty pound of Flax from y Swingle, and Six i)()und of
Sheeps Wooll, and one Gallon of Molasses; annually: (hat is to
say that Quantity of Poark Beaf, Grain, mallt. Sallt. Beans.
Cyder, Flax, Wool, and Molasses; as before Innunierated To Ik?
provided for & Deliverd to her my S<' wife annualy hy my
Executor In the most proper season In each year Duering her
Nattureal Life; my will is allso that my S** Executor Constantly
provide for her my Said Wife a Sofitiancy of I-'ire wood Cut fit
for her Fire and Laid Conveniant To her Door at my 8*^ Dwelling
House from Time to Time Dureing her Nattureal Life, & That
he allso Constantly provide for her a Horse to Ride to meeting
and on all other occasions as She Shall Have occasion Dureing
S"* Term, And In Case of Sickness to provid for her Nusing &
Phissick and attendance.
Item I Give and Bequeath to My Son Josiah Johnson & to
his Heirs and assignes Thirty seven pounds Sterling mony of
Great Britain That is That Valine is to be set of to him the s**
Josiah In Lands out of That part of my Lands In S'' IVllham
that Lyes adjoyning on Seth Wymans Lands the S'' Thirty
Seven pounds Worth of Lands to be apprised & Set of to y
Said Joseph In a Reguler Form by a Committe apointd by y
Judge of probate or agreed on by my Sons Josiah and Ezra, for
that purpose s'^ Committe Being First Swourn to act Impartialy
therein I allso Give to him y" s'^ Josiah my Horse and Horse
f Firniture, & a Cow.
Item I Give To my Sons David and William the Sum of
Fifteen pounds Sterling mony Each to be paid to them by my
Sons Josiah & Ezra When the S'* David arives to y*' aig of
Twenty Two years he is to Receve his Said Fifteen pounds Sterl-
ing & y« s'^ William is to Receive his said fifteen pounds when he
arives to y^ age of Twenty Two years; and if y" s'* David &
William or Either of them Shall Decease Before they arive to
Twenty Two years of aig and Leave any Lawfull Issue then
their Donation that is so Deceas' is to Decend to their and
Each of their Respective Lawfull Heirs and if they or Either of
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them the s'^ David or William Shall Decease without Lawfull
Issue then y" s^ Donation of them So Deceast is to be Equaly
Divided amoungst y^ Surviveing Bretherin.
Item I Give to my Daughter Elisabeth Trull Five pounds
Sterling mony of Great Britain to be paid to her or her Heirs by
my S'^ Sons Josiah & Ezra In Two years after my Decease : which
with what I have Before and other ways Given to her is what I
Determine to be the full of her part and portion In my estate.
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Hawood;
& Susanah Sheed, the Sum of Six pounds Sterling mony Each to
be paid to them and to Each of them or their Heirs by my s<^
Sons Josiah, and Ezra In Two years after my Decease, which is
to be In full of their and each of their Respective portions In
my estate.
Item I Give to my Daughter Hannah the sum of Six pounds
Sterling mony of Great Britain To be paid to her When She
arives to the Age of Twenty one years or at Marraiage if she
maries Before she arives to that age ; which is what I Determine
for the full of her portion In my Estate.
Item I Give and Bequeath To my Said Two Sons Josiah
Johnson and Ezra Johnson; and to their Heirs and assigns for
Ever; all the Remainder of my Estate Both Real & personal
(that is not before willed and Bequeathed In this will) To be
Equally Divided Between them their Heirs: In Equal Halves,
they paying all my Just Debts Funiral Charge and the Legacys
mentioned in this will to be paid to their Brothers and sisters
In Equal Halves (Viz) y^ S'^ Josiah is to pay the one halfe of my
said Just Debts Funiral Charge and the Legacys mentioned in
this will to be paid to my Sons and Daughters and the s^ Ezra
is to pay the other halfe thereof: and y^ s'^ Josiah is to provide
for my wife as within mentioned at his own proper Cost out of
what I have Given him as first mentioned : and my will is that
y^ s"* Josiah and s*^ Ezra Shall allso Bear the one half each of my
wives Funeral when Shee Shall Decease.
And my will Further is That if the Said Ezra Shall Refuse or
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Neglect to pay his halfe or moiety Herein Determined for him to
pay by y" Times therein Perfixt That Then my Executor is
Hereby Dezired and Impowered To make Sail of So much of
my Lands as to pay all Such Debts and Legacys Before Divission
thereon be made, and after my wifes Decease such of my s**
Houshold Goods as shall Remain I Give to y" s** Josiah & Ezra &
to their Heirs & assignes
And I Do Hereby Constitute, ordain, and make, my Son
Josiah Johnson The Sole Executor * * *
In Wittness whereof I the aforementioned Josiah Johnson
Have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this Fourteenth Day of May
In the Fourth year of His Majestys Reign: Annogn domini: 1764.
his
Josiah X Johnson
mark
[Witnesses] Joseph Butler, John Hamblet, Jn" X'arnum.
[Proved Aug. 29, 1764.]
[Bond of Josiah Johnson, with Joseph Butler and Aaron
Wyman as sureties, all of Pelham, in the sum of £500, Aug. 29,
1764, for the execution of the will; witness, William X'aughan.j
NATHAN BATCHELDER 1764 KENSINGTON
In the Name of God Amen this twenty first day of May
Anno Domini 1764 In the fourth year of his Majestys Reign I
Nathan Bachelder of the Parish of Kensington in the Province
of New Hampshire Yeoman * * *
Item I Give And Bequeath to my wellbeloved wife Elisabeth
my Clock and all my moveables within Doors to her Own Proper
Use to Dispose of as she Pleases, I also give her the Improvement
of One third Part of My Buildings and Lands in Kensington
During her Natural Life: I Also Give her the Improvement of all
my Stock of Creatures (Except my Horse) so long as she shall
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Remain my widow: and as to my Horse my will is that my
Mother Abigail Bachelder And my said Wife Elisabeth shall
have the Improvement of him Equally Between them to be kept
Equally between them, and in Case my Said Wife shall Marry-
Again then she is to have two Cows to her own Disposal, and
the Remainder of my Stock of Creatures and my Husbandry
Tools at her Marriage or Decease to go to my Son John Bachel-
der, and further I Give to my Said Wife During the time she
shall Remain my widow Or untill my Son John shall arrive at the
age of twenty one years if that should happen before her mar-
riage the Improvement of all my Estate not Otherwise Disposed
of in this my Will
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Brother Benjamin Bachelder
his heirs And Assigns a Certain Piece of Salt Marsh lying near
the Steep Banks so Called Containing About One Acre: Also the
Improvement of two acres of my Meadow Joyning to Jonathan
Crams Meadow And Also the keeping of three sheep on my
Place Summer /\nd winter for five years after my Decease I also
give him a Note of hand which I have Against Reuben Moulton
of Rye for forty two Pounds
Item I Give And Bequeath to my Son John Bachelder his
heirs And assigns forever all my Estate Real And Personal not
Otherwise Disposed of in this my will to Come into the Im-
provement thereof at Such time as shall be Consistent with the
Improvement before mentioned in this my will to belong to my
wife: Provided Nevertheless that if my Said Son John Bachelder
shall Dye before he shall Arrive at the Age of twenty one Years
without an heir Lawfully begotten of his Body then my will is
that what is here mentioned to be Given to my Said Son John
shall go to my wife Elisabeth and my Brother Benjamin before
mentioned to them their heirs and assigns in Equal Shares to be
Equally Divided between them as to Quantity & Quality My
said Brother Benjamin Paying ten Dollars to Each of my Sisters
viz Sanborn, Shaw, Sherburne, Lane And Dow which is the
Condition of his holding the half here given him
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And further my will is that as to the Payment of my Debts
And funeral Charges the Same shall he paid Out of what Debts
are due to me so far as they will answer and the Remainder out
of my Stock of Creatures
Lastly I do by these presents Constitute and ai)iK)int my well-
beloved wife Elisabeth and my Cousin Nath" Bachelder Execu-
trix and Executor * * *
Nathan Batchelder
[Witnesses] Nath" Healey Jun% Winthrop Rowe, Enoch Page.
[Proved March 27, 1765.]
[Warrant, March 27, 1765, authorizing Benjamin Rowe and
Nathaniel Healey, gentleman, both of Kensington, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, April 9, 1765; amount, £12,637. o. o; signed by
Benjamin Rowe and Nathaniel Healey.]
[Bond of Francis Locke, yeoman, with Richard Jenness, 3d,
and Jeremiah Locke, yeoman, as sureties, all of Rye, in the sum
of £500, April 27, 1768, for the guardianship of John Batchelder,
aged less than 14 years, son of Nathan Batchelder; witnesses,
William Parker, Joseph Moulton.]
[Account of Winthrop Rowe, administrator; receipts, £161,
15. O; expenditures, £167. 6. 8^; mentions "Elizabeth Lock
late wife of said Deceased. . . . Francis Lock Guardian of the
Son of Said Deceased"; allowed Dec. 6, 1769.]
THOMAS AYERS 1764 GREENLAND
In the Name of God amen the third day of June one thousand
Seven Hindred and Sixty four I thomas Ayers of Greenland in
the Province of New Hampshire yeoman Being Very Sick &
week in Body * * *
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Imprimis I Give to my Well beloved Son thomas Ayers the
quarter Part of my Land in the Ceder Swomp Lying in Ports-
mouth also the one quarter Part of all my Land Lying & being
in Greenland acording to quantity and quality to him & to his
Heirs and assigns forever
Item I Give to my Well beloved Son Samuel ayers the quarter
Part of my Land in Ceder Swomp Lying in Portsmouth also the
quarter Part of all my Land Lying & being in Greenland acording
to quantity and quality to him and to his Heirs and assigns
forever
Item I Give to my Well Beloved Son John ayers the quarter
Part of my Land in Ceder Swomp Lying in Portsmouth also the
quarter Part of all my Land Lying & being in Greenland acord-
ing to quantity and quality to him and to his Heirs and assigns
forever also the one halfe of my house & Barn
Item I Give to my Well Beloved Son Palatier ayers the quar-
ter Part of my Land in Ceder Swomp Lying in Portsmouth also
the quarter Part of all my Land Lying & Being in Greenland
acording to quantity & quality to him & to his Heirs & assigns
forever
Itam I Give to my well Beloved Daughter Ruth Rolans the
one quarter part of all my household Goods not other Ways
Disposed of in this my Last will
Itam I Give to my well Beloved Daughter Hannah Neall the
one quarter part of all my Household Goods not other ways
Disposed of in this my Last will
Itam I Give to my well Beloved Daughter Mehetable Back the
one quarter part of all my Household Goods not other ways
Disposed of in this my Last will
Itam I Give to my well Beloved Daughter olive Johnson the
one quarter part of all my Household Goods not other ways
Disposed of in this my Last will
Itam I Give to my well Beloved Daughter Mary ayers fifty
pounds New tenor to be paid her by my four Sons namly
thomas Sam' John and Palatier their Eaqule part to be paid
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her within three mounths after my Decease I also Give her my
Daughter mary one Bed & Bedstead & Beding which She Lodges
on also one hefer two years old to be Delevered by my Executors
next march also on Iron Pot one worming Pan one Loocking
Glas two Spining Weels four chares one tabel the 4 feet ovel talul
Itam I Give to my four Grand Daughters namly Ruth ayers
mary ayers Priscilla ayers & Elezebeth Ayers five Shillings i-lach
of them: to be paid them by my Executors
Itam I Give to my Grand Daughter Prccilla ayers one Bed
Beding & Bedstead
Itam my will further is that all my Just Debts and furnall
Charges be paid by my Executors with in four months after my
Decease and to be paid out of my Stock of Catle and Parsnal
Estate and that all that Remaings over and above of my Parsnal
Estate to be Eaquely Devided Betwext my four Sons thomas
Sam' John & Palatier
I Like wise Constitute make & ordain my two Sons namely
Sam' ayers & John ayers Sole Executors * * *
Thomas Ayers
[Witnesses] Joshua Haines, Philip Babb Juner, Rich'' Jenness
[Proved July 25, 1764.]
[Bond of Samuel Ayers and John Ayers, both of Greenland,
yeomen, with Richard Jenness, s^, as surety, in the sum of
£500, July 25, 1764, for the execution of the will; witnesses,
William Parker, William Vaughan.]
HENRY BUZZELL 1764 BARRIXGTON
In the name of god amen the ninth Day of June one thousand
Seven hundred and Sixty four I henry Bussel of barington in the
province of newhampshire being aged and well stricken in
years * * *
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Imprimis, I will & bequeath unto My Loving wife Judith
Bussell one third of all my Real Estate During her Natural Life
& all my personal Estate Excepting what is Disposed of other
ways in these presents, also I will & Bequeath unto her the In-
come & profits of all my Lands in Barington untill my Son
Thomas Comes of age & of my Land in madbury untill my two
Sons paul & henry are twenty one years old
Item I will & Bequeath unto my Son Nathaniel one Iron
Chain and one half of an Iron tooth harrow he having received
his part of my Estate already by a Deed —
Item I will & Bequeath unto my Son Thomas all my Lands
in the Town of Barington to Come into his hands at the age of
twenty one years & be & Remain to him his heirs & assigns
forever, Excepting one third to his mother During her life also
one yoke of Oxen & one half of an Iron tooth harrow & 3 Iron
Chains and a plow &. hoops & Boxes for a p'' Cart wheels
Item I will & Bequeath unto my Son Paul one half of my
Land in the parish of madbury according to Quantity and Qual-
ity to Come into his hands at the age of Twenty one years &
Remain to him his heirs and assigns forever —
Item I will and bequeath unto my son henry one half of my
Land in the parish of madbury according to Quantity & Quality
to Come into his hands at the age of twenty one years & be &
Remain to him his heirs & assigns forever
Item I will & Bequeath unto my Daughter Jean Two Pewter
platters now mark^ J B & three pewter plates & one large Iron
kettle to be & come to her I mediately after my Decease Except-
ing the Iron kettle which is to Remain to her mother During
her life —
Item I will & Bequeath unto my five Daughters Jean abigail
Margaret mary and Dorcas four hundred & fifty pounds old
Tenor Now in the hands of Ebenezer Demerit of madbury to be
Equally Divided amoungst them — but if Said money Should be
Taken out of Said Demerits hands before my Decease then it is
my will that the said sum of four hundred & fifty old Tenor be
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paid by my Son Thomas within seven years after my Decease
amoungst My said Daughters Equally
I Do also Constitute my wife Judith Sole Executrix * * ♦
his
Henry X iUissell
mark
[Witnesses] Samuel Roberts, Job Demeret Juner, Eli Demeritt
Juner.
[Proved Aug. 26, 1767.]
[Warrant, Aug. 26, 1767, authorizing Mark llunking and
Francis Winkley, yeoman, both of Harrington, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, Nov. 13, 1767; amount, £319. i. o; signed by Mark
Hunking and Francis Winkley, Jr.]
SAMUEL FROST 1764 PORTSMOITH
In the Name of God amen. The fourteenth Day of June in
the Year of our Lord Christ 1764, I Samuel Frost of Portsmouth
in the Province of New Hampshire Mariner being Sick and weak
in Body and Sensable of My Mortality * * *
I Give unto my Beloved Wife Sarah Frost the use and Im-
provement of my present Dwelling House and the Land to the
Same belonging also a lot of Land to the northward of my Said
house however the Said Lands are butted and bounded also all
the Rest of my Estate not herein otherways Willed and ordered
to be Disposed of During her my Said Wife Sarah's natural Life,
and what shall be left of my Estate at the time of the Decease of
my Said Wife Sarah I order to be Divided among all my Sur\ive-
ing Children as the Law directs
I Give unto my Son Samuel Frost all my Wearing Apj)arel
my Watch and Gun, Also fifty pounds in money old Tenor or
Equal to Said Sum of fifty pounds old Tenor as it now passeth
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in other Currancy to be paid him when he my Said Son Samuel
Shall be of Lawful age by my Executors out of my Estate.
I Give unto my Daughter Sarah Frost the Sum of Twenty
five pounds old Tenor Money or the full value thereof as it now
passeth in other Currancey, to be paid her by my Executors out
of my Estate when She my Said Daughter Sarah Shall be Eight-
een years of age.
I Give unto my Daughter Mary Frost the Sum of Twenty five
pounds money old Tenor or its value as now Reckoned, in other
Currancey to be paid her out of my Estate when She my Said
Daughter Mary Shall be Eighteen Years of age by my Executors.
I Give unto my Daughter Elizabeth Frost the Sum of Twenty
five pounds Money old Tenor or its value as now reckoned in
other Currancey to be paid her out of My Estate when She My
Said Daughter Elizabeth shall be Eighteen Years of age by my
Executors
And I Will and order that the Dwelling House and all my
Lands that formerly Did belong to Edward Cate Late of Ports-
mouth Housewright Deceased Scituate in Portsmouth aforesaid
on the South Side of the Highway that Leads from Pickerin's
Mills to the plains (So Called) be Sold a Convenient time after
My Decease by my Executors in order to pay my Debts and to
Support my Wife and Children partly
And I Do hereby Constitute and appoint Cap* James Stoodley
of Portsm° in New Hampshire Gent, and my Wife Sarah Frost
to be Executors * * *
Sam" Frost
[Witnesses] A. R. Cutter, Edmund Davis, Joanar Vicker.
[Proved Aug. 7, 1764.]
[Warrant, Aug. 9, 1764, authorizing Hunking Wentworth and
John Shackford, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, April 24, 1765; amount, £15,807. 15. o; signed
by Hunking Wentworth and John Shackford.]
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[License to the executor, Joshua Wcntworth, May 12, 1766,
to sell real estate; mentions Sarah Frost as deceased.]
[List of claims against the estate, Dec. 30, 1767; amount,
£766. 7. 5; signed by Samuel Penhallow and William Knight.]
[Account of the executor; receipts, £608. 11. 6; expenditures,
' £65. 3. 4>^; allowed Feb. 23, 1768.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £766. 7. 5; amount
distributed, £543. 8. o; allowed April 2, 1768.]
MOSES PERKINS 1764 HAMPTON
In the Name of God Amen I Moses Perkins of Hampton in the
Province of New Hampshire In New England Husbandman
being apprehensive of my approaching Dissolution * * *
Item I hereby Constitute & appoint James Perkins m\' well
Beloved Son Sole Executor of this my will & Testament
Item I hereby will and ordain that out of my Estate all my
Just Debts be Duely paid in a Reasonable time by my Said
Executor
Item I Give and bequeath to my well beloved wife (Hannah
Perkins) the Improvement of the Easterly end of my House so
long as She Remains my widow Saveing what is herein after
otherwise Desposed off I also give to my said wife the benefit &
Improvement of two Good milch Cows weW kept yearly also
twelve Cords of Good firewood, one hundred weight of Good
pork, Sixty pounds of Good Beef, Eight bushels of Indian Corn,
two bushels of mault, two bushels of English grain, Eight pounds
off Sheeps wooll three pounds of Cotton wooll; Eight pounds of
flax from the Swingel: four Gallons of molasses; two Gallons of
Rum; ten pounds of Sugar; two barrills of Cyder & twenty
pounds of tobacco all to be Yearly & seasonably provided for my
aforesaid wife (During the time She remains my widow) by my
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aforesaid Executor I also Give to my said wife the Improvement
of a Gardain back of my house Sufficient for her use and the Im-
provement of my household Goods which I have not hereafter
Desposed off So long as She Remains my Widow and all the
household Goods Which She brought to me at marrage or
have acquired from that time to be at her Desposal as she Shall
think fitt ; further it is my will that my Said wife Shall have all
Necessary attendance in Sickness & health to be Seasonably
provided her by my Said Executor So long as She Remains my
Widow
Item I Give to my Son Samuel Perkins five pounds old Ten' to
be paid out of my Estate in one year after my Decease by my
Said Executor —
Item I Give to my Son David Perkins one hundred and fifty
pounds old Ten"" and one Good Cow to be paid out of my Estate
in one year after my Decease by my Said Executor &c —
Item I Give to my Son IVIoses Perkins one hundred & fifty
pounds old Ten"" & one Good Cow to be paid out of my Estate in
one year after my Decease by my Said Executor
Item I Give to my Son Jonathan Perkins one hundred & fifty
pounds old Ten' & one Cow to be paid out of my Estate in two
Years after my Decease by my Said Executor
Item I Give to my Son Reuben Perkins one hundred & fifty
pounds old Ten' and a Cow & my Gun to be paid out of my
Estate in three years after my Decease by My Said Executor —
Item — I Give to my Daughter Sarah Lane wife of Isaiah
Lane twenty pounds old Ten' to be paid out of my Estate by my
Said Executor in one Year after my Decease
Item I Give to my Daughter Betty Lane wife of Josiah Lane
twenty pounds old Ten' to be paid out of my Estate in one year
after my Decease by Said Executor —
Item I Give to my Daughter ]\Iary Perkins one feather bed &
furniture and as much and as Good household Goods & furniture
as I have heretofore Given to Either of my before Named
Daughters when they were married and also as much and as
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Good Cloathing together with twenty pounds old Ten' & a ^ood
Cow all to be paid out of my Estate at her marrage by my Said
Executor and If She Shall Remain unmarried till She Shall be
twenty years old to have the vallew thereof in uKjney: I also
Give to my Said Daughter Mary the Priviledg of liveing in the
Easterly part of my Dwelling house So long as She Shall Re-
main unmarried
Item I also Give to my before mentioned three Daughters
(viz) Sarah Bettey & Mary all my household Goods & furniture
(Excepting one bed & furniture which 1 have herein after given
to my Son James) to be Equally Divided betwixt them at the
Decease of my wife or as Soon as She Shall marry
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son James Purkins my
aforesaid Executor all the Residue and Remainder of my Es-
tate Real & Personal whatever & wherever that Doth of Right
belong to me to him the Said James Purkins & his Heirs «S: as-
signs to his and their use & Benefit forever; Hereby Ratifying
this aforewritten as my last will & Testiment and do declare nul
& Void all other Bequests, Wills Testiments or Codicils what-
soever Dated this Nineteenth Day of June 1764 and in the 4th
Year of his Majestys Reign
Moses Perkins
[Witnesses] John moulton juner, Benjamin Batchelder, Nathan
Brown.
[Proved Aug. 28, 1765.]
[Warrant, Aug. 28, 1765, authorizing Samuel Dow and Ben-
jamin Batchelder, both of Hampton, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Nov. 21, 1765; amount, £463. i. o; signed by
Samuel Dow and Benjamin Batchelder.]
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LUKE MILLS 1764 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God, Amen
I Luke Mills of Portsmouth, in the Province of New Hamp-
shire, in New England, Mariner, calling to mind the Frailty of
human Nature, and the LIncertainty of Life, though at present
weak in Body * * *
Imprimis, I order and direct, and my Will is. That any two of
my Executors hereafter mentioned, do sell that my new House
and Land adjoining, opposite the Mansion House of Mathew
Livermore, Esq'' in Portsmouth, and now in the occupation of
Dennis Drew, Carpenter, and out of the Money arising from the
Sale thereof, I will that my just Debts and Funeral Expences be
duly, honorably and seasonably paid and discharged
Item, I give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife Deborah, the
Use and Improvement of all the Residue of my Real Estate, and
all my Houshold Furniture, as per Inventory & Apprisement to
be taken thereof by my Executors, until my Son Elligood arrives
to the Age of twenty one Years after which Time, she shall deliver
up the Possession of Such Part of my Real Estate and Furniture
as I shall hereafter give to him and his Heirs in this my Will —
I further will, That after the Term aforesaid my Wife do still
keep, use and possess all the rest of my Real Estate, and Hous-
hold Furniture, as per Inventory and Apprisement aforesaid,
until my Daughter Mary arrives to the Age of twenty Years or is
Married — after which Terms my said Wife is to Surrender
Possession to my said Daughter Mary, all such Real Estate as I
shall hereafter give and devise to her and her Heirs — Further-
more, my Will is. That my said Wife, after the full Age of my
said Son Elligood, shall keep, hold, use, improve, occupy, and
possess during her natural Life, the one half of the House wherein
I now dwell, with the garden adjoining, and the one half of the
Wharfe, Warehouses, and all the Privileges thereof, excepting
what I shall hereafter give and devise to my said Daughter Mary
and her Heirs, out of the same, in this my last Will — Further-
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71
more, My will is, That my wife have my Cow, with the Privilege
of the Pasture which I bought of John Savage, to pasture a Cow
in during her natural Life — Furthermore, 1 will that after my
Daughter Mary arrives to the Age of twenty years aforesaid, or
be married, that any two of my Executors shall equally divide
my Houshold Furniture, and take an Inventory of the Same;
and also all the Monies that may be in their Hands, after my
Debts and F^uncral Expences and Legacies are duly paid; and
that they do deliver one half to my beloved Wife Deborah, for
her Use, during her natural Life, she giving Security to my other
Executors that after her Decease, the said half of the Houshold
Furniture, saving what may be judg'd reasonable to allow for
Ware, &*' And the sum of money so delivered her by them,
shall be returned to them or the Survivor of them ; or in Case of
both their Decease, to the then Judge of Probate for the Province
of New Hampshire, to be delivered to my Daughter Mary and
her Heirs forever —
Item, As my Son Luke Mills hath not behaved towards me as
becomes the Duty of a Child, I give and bequeath to him, so soon
as my Executors shall think proper. Ten Pounds Sterling and a
full Suit of Apparell; and this I give in full of all such Part,
Portion or Share that my said Son shall have in and to my
Estate, from which I disinherit him forever hereby —
Item, I give and bequeath to my Son EUigood and his Heirs,
and Assigns, after he arrives to the Age of twenty one Years,
the one half of my Dwelling House and Garden. Wharfe and
Warehouses, saving what I have reserved out of the Same for my
Daughter Mary — and after the Decease of my Wife, I give to
my said Son Elligood his Heirs and assigns the other half of my
said Dwelling House, Garden, Wharfe and Warehouses, with all
the Privileges thereto belonging — I also give and bequeath to
my said Son, his Heirs and Assigns, the one half of my Pasture
Ground, which I bought of John Savage, reserving the Pasturing
a Cow for my Wife during her Life — I also give him all my
Wearing Apparel, a good Feather Bed and Bedding, my Chimney
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Glass, my large Silver Can, my best Gun, my Sea Books and
Instruments, my two largest China Bowls, and my great Bible
Item, I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary her Heirs
and Assigns, after she comes to the Age of twenty years, or is
Married, to the Satisfaction of any two of my Executors before
that Term, a Lot of Land to be taken out of my Garden belong-
ing to my Mansion House, beginning at the westerly End
thereof, and running down Easterly towards the River fronting
on the Lane between my Land and M"^ Thomas Wentworths
eighty Feet, thence Northerly across Said Garden, to Land of
Jeremiah Wheelwrights, thence Westerly eighty Feet to the Land
of Ebenezer Jose's Heirs; thence Southerly to the first Bounds,
with the Barn standing on the Said Lot. — I also give and be-
queath to my said daughter Mary her Heirs and assigns the
other half of my Pasture Ground aforesaid, reserving the
Privilege for my Wife to pasture a Cow during her Life — I also
give to my said Daughter Mary, after she arrives to the Age of
twenty years, or is married, as aforesaid, the other half of my
Houshold Furniture, as the same may be divided by my Execu-
tors in manner aforesaid, and that the same be delivered to her;
but the one half of all Monies and Debts received in after Pay-
ment of my Debts, Funeral Expences and Legacies, the same be
put to Interest by my Executors till my said Daughter Mary
arrives to the Age or Marriage aforesaid, and after that Time the
said monies to given her for her sole Use forever
Item, Whereas I have given my Wife the Improvement of one
half of my Houshold Furniture and a sum of money according
to her Security, my will is, that the same after her Decease be
given to my Daughter aforesaid by my Executors or the Survivor
of them, or by the Judge of Probate aforesaid —
Item, I will that all my other Estate Real and Personal, not
before expressed herein, shall be equally divided between my
said Son Ellingood and my said Daughter Mary
Lastly, I do hereby nominate and appoint my beloved Wife
Deborah my good friends Andrew Clarkson and John Wendell,
1
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all of Portsmouth aforesaid, or any two of tluni, lo Ix- tin-
Executors * * *
In Witness whereof I the Said Luke Alills ha\e hcrcunlcj set
my Hand & Seal at Portsmouth this Twentieth Day of June
one thousand seven hundred and sixty four
Luke Mills
[Witnesses] Caleb Beck, Nathdl Sanhun, sarah meserve.
[Proved Aug. 29, 1764.]
JOHN ABBOTT 1764 PORTSMOITM
In the Name of God Amen the Twenty Second Day of June
Anno Domini one Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty four, I
John Abbot of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire
Fisherman being Advanced in Years * * *
After my Debts and funeral Charges are paid 1 Give and devise
and bequeath the Rest and Residue of my Estate both Real and
Personal whatsoever, and whensoever, in manner following
I. Namely one Seventh part thereof unto my Son John Abbot
and his heirs and assigns forever, but if my Said Son John shall
happen to Decease before My Decease, I Give the one half of the
Said Seventh part of My Estate unto the Children of my Grand-
son John Abbot Deceas'd their heirs and assigns forever Equally
Divided, And the other half of the Said Seventh part thereof
unto My Grand-daughter Lydia Payn the wife of Amos Payn
her heirs and assigns forever
2^ And one Seventh part of my Estate as aforesaid I Give
and Devise unto My Daughter Lydia Clark wife of Ichabod
Clark and her heirs and assigns forever —
3d And one Seventh part of my Estate as aforesaid I Give
and Devise unto my Son Joseph Abbot and his heirs and assigns
forever —
4. And one Seventh part of my Estate as aforesaid I Gi\o and
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Devise unto My Daughter Ann Lewis the wife of John Lewis and
her heirs and assigns forever —
5. And one Seventh part of my Estate as aforesaid I Give and
Devise unto the Children of my Daughter Lucy Lowd Deceased
and their heirs and assigns forever to be equally Divided —
6. And one Seventh part of my Estate as aforesaid I Give and
Devise unto my Daughter Elizabeth Tucker the wife of John
Tucker and her heirs and assigns forever —
7. And One Seventh part of my Estate as aforesaid, I Give
and devise unto My Daughter Margaret Hall the wife of Samuel
Hall and unto her heirs and assigns forever.
And I Do hereby Constitute make and Ordain my Sons in
Law Ichabod Clark and Samuel Hall to be Executors * * *
The Mark of
John X Abbot
[Witnesses] Lemuel Nutter, Nath' ^Marshall, Sol° Lowd.
[Proved Feb. 24, 1768.]
[Warrant, Feb. 23, 1768, authorizing James Clarkson, mariner,
and John Wendell, merchant, both of Portsmouth, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, Feb. 24, 1768; amount, £63. 6. 9; signed by James
Clarkson, Jr., and John Wendell.]
[Account of the executors; receipts, £122. 6. 9; expenditures,
£99. 19. 6l4\ allowed Oct. 15, 1768.]
BENJAMIN BICKFORD 1764 DURHAM
In the Name of God amen this Twenty Second Day of June
Anno Domini One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty four I
Benjamin Bickford of Durham in the Province of New Hampsh"
in New England Husbandman being thro the Goodness of God
in good health of Body * * *
Item I give and Bequeath unto my beloved wife Deborah
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Bickford the sole free and full use and Improvement of my now
Dwelling House and of every part thereof During the Term (jf
her Containing my widow and also Such a part of my Barn as
She shall have Occasion of to House her fodder and Cattle and
also the one third part of the Produce of my homestead Land of
-every kind yearly both of the tilling mowing and I'asturing
Land and also of my Orchard and my will is that her third part
of Said Produce shall be well and Seasonably secured and Housed
for her use by my said Executor or at his Cost and Charge > early
and every year During said Term of her Continuing my widow
and in Case my Executor shall refuse or neglect seasonably and
in a Proper manner to Secure and house the one third part of the
Produce of my Homestead Land for the use of my said wife as
aforesaid then my will is that my said wife shall have the use and
Improvement Profit and Income of the one half of my said
Homestead Land During the aforesaid Term of her Continuing
my widow but in Case she shall marry again my will is that she
shall have her proper Dowry only as by Law Established and I
also give to my said wife to her own Disposal all my household
goods and furniture Beds and beding and also all my live Stock
of Cattle Sheep and Swine —
Item I Give to my Son Samuel Bickford and to his heirs and
Assigns forever all my homestead Land be the Same more or Less
in the Town of Durham and Pro\ince aforesaid Together with
the Dwelling house in which he now lives in and also my barn
and all other Buildings and Orchard or Orchards standing and
being upon the Said Land Excepting the use and Improvement
of such a part of the Buildings and such a part of the Improve-
ment or Produce of Said Land as I have herein given to my said
wife for a Certain term and at her Decease I give the whole of my
said Homested Land Orchards and buildings to my said Son
Samuel and to his heirs and assigns forever —
Item I give to my Son Andrew Bickford One hundred and fifty
pounds old Tenor to be paid him by my Executor within Two
years after my Decease —
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Item I will and bequeath to my Two Sons Solomon Bickford
and John Bickford all my land be the same more or Less in the
Town of Nottingham in Said Province to be Equally Divided
Between them and Each of them in quantity and Quality —
Item I give to my Daughter Sarah Clark one hundred pounds
Old Tenor to be paid her by my Executor within Two years after
my Decease —
Item I give to my Daughters Deborah Bickford and Hannah
Bickford One hundred pounds old Tenor to Each and every of
them to be paid by my Executor within Two years after my
Decease —
And I do hereby Constitute make and Ordain my said Son
Samuel Bickford to be my sole Executor * * *
Benjamin bickford
[Witnesses] Hubbard Stevens, Jonathan Clough, Joseph
Stevens.
[Proved Sept. 30, 1767.]
SOLOMON SNELL 1764 BARRINGTON
[Guardianship of Samuel Snell, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of Solomon Snell of Barrington, yeoman, granted to
Joseph Runnells June 27, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 258.]
[Bond of Joseph Runnells, with Maul Hanson as surety, both
of Dover, in the sum of £500, June 27, 1764, for the guardianship
of Samuel Snell; witness, William Parker.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WH.LS 77
JOHN CANNEY 1764 DOVKR
[Guardianship of Mary Hanson , minor, aged more than 1 4 years,
granted to her father, Maul Hanson of Dover, June 27, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 258.]
[Bond of Maul Hanson, with Joseph Rnnnells as surety, both
of Dover, in the sum of £500, June 27, 1764, for the guardianship
of Mary Hanson, minor, aged more than 14 years, daughter of
Maul Hanson of Dover; witness, William Vaughan.]
[See estate of John Canney, 1751.]
JOSIAH WEBSTER 1764 K\i:
[Administration on the estate of Josiah Webster of Rye granted
to his widow, Martha Webster, June 28, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 258.]
[Bond of Martha Webster, with Jeremy Webster of Kingston
and John Webster of Hampstead, gentleman, as sureties, in the
sum of £1000, June 28, 1764, for the administration of the es-
tate; witnesses, Jeremiah Berry, George Marden.]
[Warrant, June 28, 1764, authorizing Samuel Jenness and
Jeremiah Berry, both of Rye, yeomen, to appraise the estate.)
[Inventory, July 5, 1764; amount, £10,727. o. o; signed by
Samuel Jenness and Jeremiah Berry.]
BENJAMIN NORRIS 1764 STRATHAM
In the Name of God Amen, the thirtieth Day of June Annoque
Domini, one Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty four. I Benja-
min Norris of Stratham in the Province of New Hampshire
yeoman, being weak of Body * * *
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Imprimis. I give and Bequeath to Mehetabel my Dearly
Beloved Wife and to her heirs and Assigns forever, all my Field
of Land in Said Stratham, Lying on the Southerly Side of that
Road by which my Dwelling House Stands, Containing by
Estimation about twenty acres be the Same more or less; to-
gether with my Barn and orchards on the Same, with all other
priviledges & appurtenances thereto belonging, and also that
Seven Acres and a half of Land which I bought of John Thirston,
Lying in Stratham aforesaid. And also all my Stock of Cattle
Horses Sheep and Swine, Husbandry Utensils, Riding Chair and
furniture. Household Goods, Provisions and all other my move-
able Effects, to be at her Dispose forever, to Enable her to pay
my Debts, Funeral Charges, and those Legacies hereafter men-
tioned to be paid by her out of my Estate. And further I give
unto my Said wife, the whole use and improvement of all my
other Land and Buildings in Said Stratham; and also of all my
Land in Exeter, untill my Son Joseph comes to the age of twenty
one years; and when he shall arrive to that age, my said wife is
to have only the use and improvement of one half of Each of my
Pastures Lying in Said Stratham on Each Side of Said Road;
and one half the use and improvement of my Said Land in Exeter,
and the Easterly end Rooms of my Dwelling House from bottom
to top, and half the Celler, During her Natural Life; also I give
unto my Said wife the improvement of all my Salt ]\larsh at
Hampton untill my Sons to whom I herein give it, come to the
Age of twenty one years.
Item. I give to my Son Benjamin Norris his Heirs and As-
signs forever two Forty acre Lotts of Land in the Town of Bow
in said Province: one of which being the first Division Lott
belonging to my original Right in Said Bow, and the other of Said
Lotts being the first Division Lott belonging to the original
Right of Joseph Pe\^. I also give him four Spanish Mill'd
Dollers to be paid him within one year after my Decease by
my Executrix out of my Estate.
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79
Item. I give to my Son Jonathan Norris his Heirs and
Assigns, four Dollers to be paid him within one year after my
Decease by my Executrix out of my Estate.
|| Item. I give to my Son David Norris his Heirs and Assigns
forever, all my original Right in Said Town of How (Excepting
only the first Division Lott given to my Son Benjamin) and one
jcompleat half of my Salt Marsh at Hampton which I bought of
my Brother James Norris, and Forty Spanish Mili'd Dollers.
or so much other Money as shall be Equal to forty I )ollers, to be
paid by my Executrix out of my Estate, all which he is to come
into possession of at the age of twenty one years.
Item. I give unto my Son Nathaniel Norris his Heirs and
Assigns forever Ten Acres of the Land I own in I-^.xeter in Said
Province, commonly known by the Name of the oak Land;
which ten acres shall lay on that Side of my Said Land, next
adjoyning to James Gilmans and Nehcmiah Gilmans Land, and
to be of an Equal Breadth from end to end thereof: and also the
one Compleat half of my Salt Marsh at Hampton aforesaid ; he to
come into Possession thereof at the age of twenty one years. I
also give to my Said Son Nathaniel, Forty five Spanish Mili'd
Dollers, or so much other money as shall be Equal thereto, to be
paid by my Son Joseph Norris, within three Months after Said
Joseph Shall arrive to the age of twenty one years.
Item, I give to my Daughter Mehetabel Smith her Heirs &
Assigns, Five Spanish Mili'd Dollers, or so much other Money
as shall be Equal thereto, to be paid by my Executrix within
one year after my Decease.
Item. I give unto my Daughter Sarah Wiggin her Heirs &
Assigns forever, one Forty acre Lott of Land in Said Town of
Bow; it being the first Division Lott belonging to the original
Right of the widow Abigael Powel: also five Dollers, or so much
other money as Shall be Equal thereto, to be paid by my
Executrix within two years after my Decease.
Item. I give to my Daughter Lydia Smith her Heirs and
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Assigns, Thirty Spanish Mill'd Dollers, or so much other money
as Shall be Equal to thirty Dollers to be paid by my Executrix
within one year after my Decease.
Item. I give to my Daughter Mary Norris her Heirs and
Assigns, one Cow, and Fifty Spanish Mill'd Dollers, or so much
other Money as shall be Equal to fifty Dollers, to be paid &
Deliver'd her by my Executrix within one year after my Decease.
Item. I give to my Daughter Abigael Norris her Heirs and
Assigns, one Cow, and Fifty Spanish Mill'd Dollers, or so much
other money as Shall be Equal thereto, to be paid by my Execu-
trix when She Shall arrive to the age of Eighteen years or Mar-
riage Day.
Item. I give to my Son Joseph Norris his Heirs and Assigns
forever, after my Debts and Legacies & Funeral Charges are all
paid. All the Remainder of my Estate, both Real and Personal,
of all kinds whatsoever and wheresoever, which I have not
already herein given away as aforesaid; he my Said son Joseph,
paying to my Said son Nathaniel, Forty five Dollers within three
months after said Joseph Shall arrive to the age of twenty one
years, as aforesaid. Said Joseph to come into Possession of what
I have given him, at the Expiration of the Terms, for which I
have given the improvement thereof to his mother.
And further my Will is, and I do hereby Constitute appoint
and ordain the aforesaid Mehetabel my wife, my Sole Execu-
trix * * *
Benja Norris
[Witnesses] Sam' Lane, Samuel Lane Jun'', Joshua Lane.
[Proved Nov. 28, 1764.]
[Bond of Mehitabel Norris, with Samuel Lane of Stratham,
cordwainer, and Benjamin Norris of Pembroke, yeoman, as
sureties, in the sum of £500, Nov. 28, 1764, for the execution of
the will; witnesses, William Parker, Jr., William Vaughan.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE W H.LS gl
OBEDIAH ELKINS 1764 DAXVILLK
In the Name of God amen this 2'"' Day of July 1764 I Ohcdiah
Elkins of the Parish of Hawke in the Province of W-w Hamp-
shire Husbandman * * *
Firstly I Give & Bequeath unto Abigail my well Beloved wife
one third part of my moveable P:state to be at her I )isp()sal for-
ever and one third part of my Real Estate On ring her Natural
Life.
2ndiy I Give & Bequeath unto my well Beloved son Peter
to him, his Heirs & assigns forever the whole of my Homestead
which I now Live on with the Buildings Standing thereon also
two thirds of the thirty acres of Land which m>' Honoured i-^uher
Simon French Lately Gave me as by Deed may appear viz
Begining at the Easterly End of said thirty acres & so runing
westerly carrying the whole width of said thirty acres till it
compleats the afors'^ two thirds thereof He paying all my Just
Debts & funeral charges and the Legacies Hereafter mentioned
for him to pay
^diy I Give & Bequeath unto my well Beloved son Joseph to
him his Heirs & assigns forever about fifty five acres of Land
Lying in the said Parish of Hawke being the whole of the Land
which I purchased of Daniel Tilton of Exeter by a Deed Bearing
Date the Twentieth Day of September 1757 with the Buildings
Standing thereon also one third part of thirty acres of Land
which my Honoured father Simon French Lately Gave me as
by Deed may appear said third part Being at the westerly End
thereof He paying the Legacys hereafter mentioned for him to
pay
^thiy J Give unto my well Beloved Daughter Abigail now the
wife of Jethro Sanborn Twenty Pounds old tenor; I Having
given her the most of her Portion Before said Twenty Pounds
to be paid by my son Peter in three years after my I )ecease
^thiy I Give to my well Beloved Daughter Sarah now the wife
of John Sanborn Twenty Pounds old tenor to be paid by my son
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Joseph in three years after my Decease she the said Sarah
Having had the Chief of her portion Before
Sixthly I Give unto my well Beloved Daughter Rachel Six
Hundred Pounds old tenor Equal to one Hundred Spanish Milled
Dollars to be paid by my son Peter when she the said Rachel
shall arrive at the age of eighteen years or on the Day of her
marriage
ythiy I Give unto my well Beloved Daughter Mary six Hun-
dred Pounds old tenor Equal to one Hundred Spanish MilH
Dollars to be paid by my son Joseph when she the said Mary
shall arrive at the age of eighteen years or on the Day of her
Marriage
Moreover I Give unto my son Peter all the Remainder of my
Estate which I have not Before Disposed of in this my Last
will & Testament He the said Peter paying all my Just Debts &
funeral Charges and the Legacies Before mentioned for him to
pay also Giving to my son Joseph at my Decease a Hiefer Calf
& a yoke of Stear Calves
Lastly I Do Hereby Constitute & appoint my said son Peter
to be sole Executor * * *
his
Obediah X Elkins
Mark
[Witnesses] Josiah Bartlett, Dyer Hook, Amos Gale.
[Proved Oct. 29, 1766.]
[Inventory, attested Jan. 28, 1767; amount, £776. 18. 5;
signed by Josiah Bartlett and Dyer Hook.]
ZEPHANIAH FRENCH 1764 CHESTER
[Administration on the estate of Zephaniah French of Chester,
yeoman, granted to Mary French July 20, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 322.]
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[Bond of Mary French, widow, with Joseph ('.reelcy of
Brentwood, innholder, and Jonathan Greeley of Kingston as
sureties, in the sum of £300, July 20, 1764, for the administra-
tion of the estate; witnesses, Elizabeth Parker, William Parker,
Jr.]
[Warrant, July 30, 1764, authorizing Matthew Forsaith and
Joshua Prescott, both of Chester, yeomen, to appraise the rstatc)
[Inventory, Aug. 27, 1764; amount, £4481. 15. o; signed by
Matthew Forsaith and Joshua Prescott.]
State of New Hampshire \ We the SubscriJjers being ap-
Rockingham ss — J pointed a Committee by the hon'»
Phillips White Esq. Judge of Probate &"= for the said County of
Rock™ to divide the real Estate of Zephaniah French late of
Chester in said County, Husbandman, deceased intestate & to set
off to the W^idow of the said dec' one full third, to the oldest Son
two shares, and to the other Children a single share each, have
done it in manner following (viz)
To Mary French, Widow of the said Zephaniah French one
full third part (viz) in the Homestead about the buildings, lie-
gining at the S. east'^ corner a stake & stones thence westerly on
a high-way 83 rods to a stake & Stones, thence northerly on a
high-way 40 rods to a stake & stones, thence easterly to Cap»
Currier's land a stake and stones, thence southerly by said
Currier's land 40 rods to the first bounds. Also the wood on
one acre of land in the oldest Son's north share, begining on
Cap* Currier's land a horn-beam marked, thence westerly 8
rods, a black birtch marked thence northerly 20 rods, a beach
tree marked, thence easterly 8 rods, thence southerly by Cap*
Currier's land 20 rods to the first bounds, with a privelidge of
passing to and from the same, reserving a liberty of a Cart-way
for each Child to pass to & from their respective shares, through
her third part. Also in the lot N° 125 in the north division in
Raymond in said County as follows, begining at the S. Westerly
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corner a stake & stones, thence easterly 21 rods on common
land, a stake thence northerly holding the width through the
lot to a high-way. Also the easterly front room in the dwelling
house, the Chamber over it and one half of the Cellar under it,
the one half of the smallest barn on the right hand & one third
part of the Orchard.
We have set of to Benjamin French oldest Son two shares,
(viz) all the land lying south of the high-way that passes by the
house which was formerly bought of Samu^ Hills containing ten
& half Acres. Also on the northerly end of the Homestead,
(viz) begining at the N. easterly corner a stake & stones, thence
northerly by Cap* Currier's land 66 & >^ rods a stake & stones,
thence westerly to land he bought of John Knowles, a stake &
stones, thence northerly by said land to a high-way, thence
easterly to the first bounds, reserving the privilidge of the wood
as above mentioned ; Also to have the privelidge of a Cart-way
to & from the same through the other parts. Also in the lot N °
125 in the north Division in said Raymond as follows begining
at the S. Easterly corner a stake & stones, thence westerly 20
rods on common land a stake & stones, thence northerly holding
the width through the lot to a high-way. Also the westerly
part of the old barn with the privelidge of the floor-way and of
passing to & from the same. Also two fifths of the two thirds
of the dwelling-house and Orchard.
We have set off to Zephaniah French, the youngest son one
single share as follows; on the homestead begining at the S,
Easterly corner a stake & stones, thence westerly by the widow's
third to a high- way a stake & stones, thence northerly by said
high-way 21 rods a stake & stones, thence easterly to Cap'
Currier's land, a stake & stones, thence southerly by said Cur-
rier's land 21 rods to the first bounds, with the privelidge of a
Cart-way thro' the widow's third, reserving a Cart- way thro'
the said land to the other shares. Also in said lot N° 125 in the
north division in Raymond as follows; begining at the westerly
corner which is the S. Easterly Corner of the widow's third
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a Stake & stones, thence easterly lo rods on common land, a
stake & stones, thence northerly holding the width through the
lot to a high-way. Also one fourth part of the small barn and
one half of the shed with privelidge to pass to & from the same:
Also one fifth of the two thirds of the dwelling-house and
Orchard.
We have set of to Sarah French the oldest Deaughter one
single share (viz) in the homestead begining at the N. Easterly
corner a stake & stones, thence southerly by Cap* Currier's land
76 rods a stake & stones, thence westerly to Peter Hills land a
stake & stones, thence by said Hills land 76 rods to Benjamin
French's land, thence easterly by said land to the first bounds
with the privelidge of a Cart-way to & from the same through
the widow's third and the other shares; reserving to Benj'
French the privelidge of a Cart-way to his northerly share in
the homestead. Also in the said lot N° 125 in the north division
in Raymond, as follows; begining at the S. Westerly corner of
Benj^ French's land a stake & stones, thence westerly 10 rods on
common land a stake & stones, thence northerly holding the
width thro' the lot to a high-way. Also the easterly end of the
great barn with privelidge of floor way & passing to (S: from the
same; also one fifth of two thirds of the dwelling-house «S:
Orchard.
We have set of to Mary French the youngest Deaughter one
single share (viz) in the homestead begining at the S. Easterly
corner a stake & stones, thence westerly by Zephaniah French's
land to a high-way a stake & stones, thence north'^ by said high
way 32 rods to Peter Hills land, thence by said land to the S.
easterly corner thereof, thence northerly by said hills land 7 cS:
K rods a stake & stones, thence easterly to Cap' Curriers land
a stake & stones, thence southerly by said Cap' Currier's land
to the first bounds 39 & K rods with the privelidge of a Cart-
way thro' the Widow's third and Zephaniah's share; reser\ing
to Sarah & Benjamin a Cart-way to their shares. Also in said
lot N° 125 in the north division in Raymond (viz) Ix-gining at
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the S. Westerly corner of Sarah French's share a stake & stones,
thence westerly on common land lo rods a stake & stones,
thence northerly holding the width thro' the lot to a high-way —
Also one fourth part of the small barn and one half of the Shed
with privelidge to pass to & from the same; also one fifth part
of two thirds of the dwelling-house & Orchard.
Rob* Wilson
Josiah Flagg
Josian Forsith
Committee
[Petition of Benjamin French of Chester, husbandman, Dec.
31, 1792, for a division of nine acres of land in Chester and ten
acres in Raymond held in common by himself, Sarah French,
and Mary French, both of Chester, singlewomen.]
ELIAS PHILPOT 1764 SOMERSWORTH
[Administration on the estate of Elias Philpot of Somersworth
granted to his widow, Mary Philpot, July 25, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 277.]
[Bond of Mary Philpot, with James Hobbs, gentleman, and
Samuel Roberts, joiner, as sureties, all of Somersworth, in the
sum of £500, July 25, 1764, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Vaughan, William Parker.]
[Warrant, July 25, 1764, authorizing John Wentworth and
Moses Carr, physician, both of Somersworth, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, Oct. 23, 1764; amount, £793. 15. o; signed by John
Wentworth and Moses Carr.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 309.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £69. 18. 9; expendi-
tures, £51. 7. 2; allowed April 30, 1766.]
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[Additional account of Daniel Wood and his wife, Mary Wood,
formerly Mary Philpot, administratrix; receipts, C25. o. 7; ex-
penditures, £4. 4. 6; allowed June 25, 1766, and ordered that the
administrators pay £10. 8. j^ to Ruth Philpot, mother of the
deceased.]
[Additional inventory of £92. 6. 3 filed June 25, 1766.]
[Additional account of the administrators; receipts, £35. 8. 11 ;
expenditures, £46. 7. 5; allowed Aug. 26, 1767.]
JOSEPH HEATH 1764 KINGSTON
I
il [Administration on the estate of Joseph Heath of Kingston,
yeoman, granted to his widow, Ann Heath, July 25, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 290.]
[Bond of Ann Heath, with Joseph Heath of Kingston and
Thomas Johnson of Plaistow, yeoman, as sureties, in the sum of
£500, July 25, 1764, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, Ezekiel Flanders, Sarah Heath.]
\
' [Warrant, July 25, 1764, authorizing Ebenezer Noyes of
Plaistow, yeoman, and Isaac Webster of Kingston, gentleman,
. to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Oct. 15, 1764; amount, £1323- I9- o; signed by
1 Isaac Webster and Ebenezer Noyes.]
[V/arrant, July 31, 1765, authorizing Jeremy Webster and
William Parker, Jr., both of Kingston, to receive claims against
I the estate.]
[List of claims, 1767; amount, £69. i. 6; signed by Jeremy
Webster and William Parker, Jr.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £63. 8. ii'<; ex-
penditures, £52. 6. o; allowed Oct. 29, 1767.]
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[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £69. i. 6; amount
distributed, £11. 3. o; allowed May 4, 1768.]
JACOB LINCOLN 1764 SOMERSWORTH
[Administration on the estate of Jacob Lincoln of Somers-
worth, mariner, granted to Samuel Lord, 3d, July 27, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 277.]
[Bond of Samuel Lord, 3d, of Berwick, Me., trader, with
Willoughby Goodwin of Somersworth, mason, and Thomas
Chadbourne of Portsmouth, blacksmith, as sureties, in the sum
of £500, July 27, 1764, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, William Vaughan, William Parker.]
[Warrant, July 2"!, 1764, authorizing Moses Stevens, tanner,
and ]\Ioses Carr, physician, both of Somersworth, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory of real estate, Oct. 20, 1764; amount, £1495. o. o;
signed by Moses Carr and Moses Stevens.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 424.]
[Additional inventory, April 26, 1768; amount, £31. 7. 2;
signed by ]\Ioses Carr and Moses Stevens.]
Prov^ of 1 Pursuant to a Warrant from y« Hon^^^ y^
New Hamp"" / Judge of Probate of Wills &c for y^ Province of
New Hampshire Appointing us y^ Subscribers a Committee, to
Set off To M"" Silas Nowell, & Rachel his Wife, her Dower in y«
Real Estate of Jacob Lincoln late of Somersw**' Mariner Dec"^,
Late Husband of Said Rachel, We have accordingly Set of To
y^ Said Silas, & Rachel, Three acres of Land, with y^ Buildings
on y^ Same, Butted, & bounded, as followeth, viz Begining at y^
Southeasterly Corner of William Stacpoles Land by y^ Highway,
Runing westerly by Said Stacpoles Land forty Poles, then South-
erly twelve Poles, then Easterly Paralell to y^ first Line forty
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89
Poles, to y« foresaid Highway, then hy Said way to y first
bounds, which we Judge a full third Part of Said real Kstate, and
is Humbly Submitted by
Somersworth June 2g'^ 1768 Moses Carr
Moses Stevens }■ ( 'om
Icha'' Rollins
tea
JACOB RANDALL
1764
PORTSMOT III
[Administration on the estate of Jacob Randall of Portsmouth,
joiner, granted to his widow, Ann Randall, Aug. 3, 1764.J
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 277.]
[Bond of Ann Randall, with Joseph Brewster, shopkec'iKr, and
Joseph Brewster, Jr., cordwainer, as sureties, all of Portsmouth,
in the sum of £500, Aug. 3, 1764, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Mark Langdon, William Parker.]
[Inventory, attested Oct. 31, 1764; amount, C2361. 10. o;
signed by Thomas Peirce and Joshua Pike.]
ROBERT STOCKELL
1764
PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Robert Stockell of Ports-
mouth, mariner, granted to his widow, Mary Stockell, .Aug. 13,
1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 277.]
[Bond of Mary Stockell, with Edward Butler and Samuel
Ham as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, Aug. 13,
1764, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Lydia
Colres, Thomas Capron.]
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[Inventory, Aug., 1764; amount, £9082. 16. o; signed by
Thomas Peirce and John Marshall.]
[Account of William Fernald and his wife, Mary Fernald,
formerly Mary Stockell, administratrix; receipts, £241. 13. 9,
personal estate; expenditures, £65. 3. 4; mentions "Allowed for
the support of Mary Stokell three years she being that time
under seven years of age"; allowed April 29, 1774.]
MOSES FURBER 1764 NEWINGTON
In the Name of God Amen I Moses Furber of Newington in
the Province of New Hampshire in New England Cooper
* * *
Itam I Give and Bequeath unto my Son William Furbur all
that my mantion house and farm where I now Dwell to him his
heirs and assigns for ever —
Itam I Give and Bequeath unto my Son Joshua Furbur all
that my Land in Durham By Little River to him his heirs &
assigns for Ever —
Itam I Give & Bequeath unto my Son Moses Furbur all that
my Right in Rochester in the second Division Being Number
three to him his heirs and assigns for Ever —
Itam I Give & Bequeath unto my Son Thomas Furbur all that
my Right in Rochester in the third Division Being Number
Eighty one to him his heirs & assigns fore Ever —
Itam I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughters Katurah
Furbur Sarah Hight Eliz'' Furbur and Anna Furbur tenn Pounds
Each to be paid by my Executor —
Itam I Give & Bequeath unto my Beloved wife anna all the
rest and Residue of my Estate Both real & personal, whome I Do
hereby make and appoint my full and whole & sole Executrix
* * *
In Witness Whereof I the Said Moses Furbur to this my Last
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will & Testament have Set my hand and Seal this twenty liiird
Day of August in the third year of the Reign of our Sovereign
Lord Georg the third King of Great Britain France & Ireland
Defender of the F'ath &c annoque Domini 1764 —
his
Moses X Furbur
mark
[Witnesses] Dependance Bickford, Francis Mathes, Cyprian
Jeffry.
[Proved Jan. 29, 1766.]
f [Bond of Anna Furber, with William Furber, yeoman, as
surety, both of Newington, in the sum of £500, Jan. 29, 1766,
for the execution of the will; witnesses, William \aughan,
Richard Wibird Penhallow.]
WILLIAM ALLEN 1764 MADBURY
In the Name of God Amen, This Twenty fourth Day of
August Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred & sixty
four, I William Allen of the Parrish of Madbury in Dover in the
Province of New Hampshire in new England Husbandman,
being Exercised with Bodily Pain & Sickness * * *
Imprimis, I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughter in Law
Sarah Drew & to her heirs And assigns forever Ten acres of
Land Lying & being in the Parrish of Madbury aforsaid which
I Purchased of william Bussel. I also give and bequeath unto
my s'* Daughter Sarah Drew & to her heirs and assigns fore\er
my Dwelling house & Barn & all other Buildings, with twenty
acres of Land being part of My homested farm in s<^ Madbury
where I now Dwell, off the East End thereof where my house &
Barn & Orchard Stands & to Extend to the mill pond & to be of
such wedth to Make y s"^ twenty acres. Moreover I Give unto
my s<^ Daughter & her heirs & assigns forever all my Live Stock
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of Cattle Sheep Horse kine & Swine, & also all my House hold
Goods, & furniture, Beds, & Beding, & also all my farming
Tackling & utensils And I Do hereby Constitut make & ordain
my said Daughter Sarah Drew to be my Sole Executrix * * *
William Allen
[Witnesses] Stephen pinkham, Elias Drew, Eben'' Demerit.
[Proved Oct. 31, 1770.]
[Bond of Thomas Drew of Madbury, yeoman, and his wife^
Sarah Drew, with Stephen Pinkham of Madbury, yeoman, and
Ebenezer Demeritt, gentleman, as sureties, in the sum of £500,
Oct. 31, 1770, for the execution of the will; witnesses, Noah
Emery, John Wentworth.]
JOSEPH BEAN 1764 RAYMOND
[Hannah Bean renounces administration on the estate of her
son, Joseph Bean, in favor of her son, Curtis Bean; dated
Hampton, Aug. 27, 1764; witnesses, Samuel Melcher, Caleb
Rowe, Jr.]
[Administration on the estate of Joseph Bean of Raymond,
yeoman, granted to Curtis Bean Aug. 28, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 284.]
[Bond of Curtis Bean, with Caleb Rowe and William Todd as
sureties, all of Raymond, in the sum of £5000, Aug. 28, 1764, for
the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Vaughan,
William Parker.]
JOHN SHIRLEY 1764 CHESTER
[Statement of Mary Shirley, Aug. 27, 1764, that she has
"Agreed with the Legatees to the Estate of my late Dear Hus-
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93
band John Shirley not to Dispute the Sanity of his mind at the
time he Executed his last will," and refjucst that administra-
tion be granted to William Leach and Alexander Gilchrist;
witnesses, John Tolford, Matthew Thornton.]
[Administration on the estate of John Shirley of Chester,
yeoman, granted to William Leach and Alexander Gilchrist
Aug. 29, 1764.]
[Probate Records, voL 23, p. 290.]
[Bond of William Leach of Chester and Alexander Gilchrist
of Goffstown, yeomen, with Samuel Barr of Londonderry and
James Shirley of Chester, gentleman, as sureties, in the sum of
£500, Aug. 29, 1764, for the administration of the estate;
witness, William Vaughan.]
[Warrant, Aug. 29, 1764, authorizing Samuel Emerson and
John Tolford, both of Chester, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Sept. 11, 1764; amount, £6562. 10. o; signed by
Samuel Emerson and John Tolford.]
[Account of the administrators; receipts, £2255. 18. 7;
expenditures the same; allowed Nov. 29, 1769.]
JONATHAN WORTHEN 1764 BOW
[Administration on the estate of Jonathan Worthen of Bow,
yeoman, granted to his widow, Elizabeth Worthen, Aug. 29,
1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 284.]
[Bond of Elizabeth Worthen, with Ezekiel Worthen of Ken-
sington and David Worthen of Chester as sureties, in the sum of
£500, Aug. 29, 1764, for the administration of the estate; witness,
William Vaughan.]
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JOHN LASKEY 1764 DURHAM
In the Name of God Amen the Eighteenth day of September
in the year of our Lord God one thousand Seven hundred and
Sixty four John Lasky of the Town of Durham in the Province
of New Hamp^ in New England being sick and weak in
Body * * *
Imprimis I give unto my beloved wife Abigail one third of my
Estate as the Law directs —
I will bequeath and give my Daughter Abigail Jackson three
hundred pounds old Tenor to be paid by my Executor Ten years
after my Decease at three Equal payments yearly until the whole
is Compleated and paid —
I will bequeath and give my Daughter Anna Lasky Sixty acres
of Land in the Town of Barrington in said Province which I
bought of John Jones of Portsmouth —
I will bequeath and give my Daughter Sarah Priest three
hundred pounds old Tenor to be paid by my Executor Ten years
after my Decease at three Equal payments yearly until the
whole is Compleated and paid —
I will bequeath and give my Daughter Joanna Tibbitts three
hundred pounds old Tenor to be paid by my Executer Ten
years after my Decease at three Equal payments yearly until the
whole is Completed and paid —
Item I will and bequeath my Son William Laskey all my Es-
tate both Real and Personal in the Town of Durham and Prov-
ince of New Hampshire with all privilidges whatsoever be-
longing to be by him possessed and Enjoyed I do also hereby
Constitute appoint and Ordain my Said Son William my Sole
Executor * * *
his
John X Lasky
Mark
[Witnesses] Hercules Mooney, Richard Hull, Benjamin huck-
ins.
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[Proved March 27, 1765.]
[Inventory, Nov. i, 1765; amount, £8309. o. o; signed by
Joseph Sias and Hercules Mooney.]
GEORGE WALTON 1764 NEWIXGTON
In the Name of God Amen I Geo Walton of Newington in ihc
province of Newhamp'' in New England Esq' * * *
I appoint and make my well beloved wife P>anccs Waitcm to
be my Executrix and my well beloved Son John Walton to be
Executor of this my last Will and Testement by them or Either
of them to be Executed According to my mind herein Expressed,
in the first place I will that my Just Debts and ffuneral Charges
be paid
I Give and Bequeath to my well beloved wife F'rances Walton
all my Estate in Newington (viz) my Dwelling house Barne
Orchards Gardens Moweing plow lands pastures that is to Say
all my lands in Newington afore Said where I the Said Geo
Walton now Dwell and my Household goods of Every Sort &
that Dureing her Natural life all my Neat Cattle Sheep Swine
&° for the Comfortable Suport of her Natural life. I also give
unto my aforesaid beloved wife fhfty pounds in Old Tennor
money as a Token of my true love to her and if She Die My
Wido a Decent Buriel
Item I give my beloved Son Geo Walton of Portsm'** the Sum
of Ten pounds old Tennor Money which I think Suficient out of
my Estate in Newington, I haveing lett my Said Son Geo: have
my Estate att New Castle Vastly under what I could Otherwise
have Sold itt for
Item I Give unto the Chilldren of my Son Samuel Walton of
Summersworth Deceased or Soe Many of them as shall l^e liveing
three Years affter the Decease of me and my wife the Sum of
one hundred pounds old Tennor Money Equally to be Devided
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amongst them, I haveing given him a portion in the Estern
Cuntrey as may Appear by my Deed to him the Said Sam'
Walton —
Item I Give and Bequeath to my beloved Son John Walton of
Newington in aforesaid province of Newhamp"" all my Estate in
houseing and Lands in Newington aforesaid that is to Say
Dwelling house Barn Orchards mowing and planting lands and
pasture land that is to Say all my lands with all the privelidges
and Appurtenances and advantages whatsoever to the Said
premises belonging or in any wise Appertaining or Belonging he
paying the Several Legacyes and performing the Articles herin
contained within Some conveniant time after the Decease of
me the Said Geo: Walton not Exceeding three Years and all
Soe of the Decease of my aforesaid beloved wife Frances and not
before I also give my Said Son John Walton one ffeather Bed
Boulster pillows p' Sheats p'' Blanketts and Coverled & all my
houshold good not otherwise given or Disposed of in this Instru-
ment —
Item I Give and Bequeath to my beloved Son Shadrach
Walton of Durham one hundred and ffifty pounds old Tennor
Money of Newhampshire within three years affter the Decease
of me and my wife Frances to be paid him by my Son John
Walton I also give him my Son Shadrach my Gun or ffowling
peice to him his heirs or Assigns
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Eliza-
beth Hight wife of m'' William Hight of Berwick Merchant the
Sum of thirty pounds old Tennor Money of Newhamp'' over and
above what I gave her when she was maried to be paid her by
my Son John Walton three years after the Death of me and his
Mother the Sundry things that I Entended for my beloved
Daughter Frances Walton I give to my Son John Walton God
havening in his holy and wise providence taken her out of the
world before me or before my Decease all and Every of the Artti-
cles contained in this and the foregoeing page is the last will and
Testement of me Said George Walton of Newington aforesaid
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Wittness my hand and Seal this Twenty fourth Day of Septem-
ber in fourth Year of the Reign of our Soveraign I.oni (ieorge
the third Anno Domini 1764.
Geo Walton
[Witnesses] Noah RawUinge, Jonathan downing, Josiah I )own-
ing.
[Proved March 28, 1770.]
WILLIAM ADAMS 1764 LONDONDERRY
[Administration on the estate of WilHam Athims of London-
derry, yeoman, granted to James Adams, Jr., of Londonderry,
housewright, Sept. 26, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 341.]
[Bond of James Adams, Jr., with John Hunter and James
McGregore, yeomen, as sureties, all of Londonderry, in the sum
of £5000, Sept. 26, 1764, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Samuel Barr, John Parker.]
[Warrant, Sept. 26, 1764, authorizing James McGregore,
gentleman, and John Hunter, yeoman, to appraise the estate;
mentions James Adams, Jr., as son of the deceased.]
[Inventory, attested Jan. 28, 1 765 ; amount, £2324. o. o ; signed
by John Hunter and James McGregore.]
JOHN AYERS 1764 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of John Ayers of Portsmouth,
gentleman, granted to John Ayers, Jr., of Portsmouth Sept. 26,
1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 293.]
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[Bond of John Ayers, Jr., blacksmith, with Nathaniel Jackson,
cordwainer, and John Nelson, goldsmith, as sureties, all of
Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, Sept. 26, 1764, for the adminis-
tration of the estate; witnesses, William Vaughan, Cyprian
Jeffry.]
[Warrant, Sept. 26, 1764, authorizing Thomas Peirce, gentle-
man, and Samuel Penhallow, shopkeeper, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Dec. 21, 1764; amount, £10,111. 6. 10; signed by
Thomas Peirce and Samuel Penhallow; attestation mentions
John Ayers, Jr., as son of the deceased.]
[Warrant, Oct. 24, 1765, authorizing John Griffith, Samuel
Penhallow, Thomas Peirce, James Stoodley, and Samuel Waters,
all of Portsmouth, to set off the widow's dower.]
Province of \ Portsm° Octob'' 28*'' 1765
New Hampsh'' / According to the annexed warrent to us
Directed by the Honerab^*^ the Judge of probate for the Province
afore S'^ We the Subscriber^ have Sett off to m" Deborah Ayer^
widow of Cap**" John ayer^ For her third part of S"^ Estate Viz*
the Sutherly End of S'^ Dwelling house next to Cap*° Sam'^
warner^ house that he now Lives in being one Loer Roome one
Chamber & one Garret over the Same with the privelidg from
the Street to the fore Dore & So in to s*^ Roomes and the prive- ^
ledg of the Stares & Entery^ to Go to & from Each of S'^ Roomes
above and belowe in Comon with the people of the other End of
S"^ house and be it Known that She is to have the Privelidg to Do
her work as to washing making Sope &c in the Kitchen and to
have a small Stove that is in S*^ Kitchen which She now improves
to her Selfe and to have one third part of the Seller under s^
house and to have all the Small Garden from y^ Street on the
westerly Side of S"^ house as the fence now Stand ^ and to have on
the Esterly side of S"^ house to Run Down as the fence now
Stand* as far as to be Square with the Esterly part of Cap*°
Sam'' warner* house for a privelidg for her wood &c. and she is
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to have the privelidge to Go to & from Each of the above mcn-
sh'^'J primeses with out being molestid and She is to have the
westerly End of the ware house as it is now partid off below &
all the Chamber of the Same with the privelidge of the warfe to
go to & from the Same with any Goods & merchandize of any
Kinde and for unlodeing wood and for unloding on and bawling
off any thing that may be wantid to be Dun by her witness our
hand^ Day & Date above
John GrifTcth
Thos IVirce
James Stoodly
[Warrant, April 4, 1769, authorizing Henry Sherburnt-. Jr.,
of Portsmouth, blacksmith, to care for the estate until an ad-
ministrator is appointed.]
[Bond of Peter Shores, Jr., with Jacob Shcafc, merchant, and
John Nelson, goldsmith, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the
sum of £500, Aug. 30, 1769, for the administration de bonis non
of the estate; witness, William Parker.]
[Warrant, July 30, 1778, authorizing William Whipple,
Thomas Martin, and John Parker, all of Portsmouth, to receive
claims against the estate, of which Peter Shores of Portsmouth,
mariner, is administrator,]
[Bond of Jonathan Warner, with Giles Seward, mariner, and
Jonathan Sherburne, merchant, as sureties, all of Portsmouth,
in the sum of £500, June 10, 1783, for the administration de
bonis non of the estate; witnesses, Thomas Bodenton, Daniel
Warner.]
[Inventory, April 2, 1785; amount, £200. o. o; signed by Wil-
liam Knight, Oliver Whipple, and Giles Seward.]
[Petition of the administrator, Oct. 17, 1792, for license to sell
real estate.]
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[Account of the administrator; receipts, £233. 4. 4; expendi-
tures, £164. 12. 10; allowed Feb. 18, 1795.]
THOMAS PARKER 1764 LITCHFIELD
[Administration on the estate of Thomas Parker of Litchfield,
gentleman, granted to his widow, Mary Parker, Sept. 28, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 322.]
[Bond of Mary Parker of Litchfield and Edward Goldstone
Lutwyche of Merrimack, merchant, with Nathan Kendall, inn-
holder, and William Read, gentleman, both of Litchfield, as
sureties, in the sum of £10,000, Sept. 28, 1764, for the adminis-
tration of the estate; witnesses, Samuel Collins, Nathaniel
Parker.]
[Inventory, Nov., 1764; amount, £36,911. o. o; signed by
Samuel Hobart and Jonathan Cummings.]
(List of claims against the estate, July 15, 1772; amount,
£1070. 17.7; signed by Matthew Thornton and Samuel Hobart.]
[Account of the administrators; receipts, £875. 13. 4^2; ex-
penditures, £547. 9. 3/^; mentions "allow'd the Widow for the
support of three Children, under 7 years of age, nine years & four
months"; allowed Aug. 31, 1772.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £1070. 16. 7; amount
distributed, £328. 4. i ; allowed Sept. 3, 1772.]
1
THOMAS RICKER 1764 SOMERSWORTH
[Administration on the estate of Thomas Ricker of Somers-
worth, mariner, granted to Phoebe Ricker Oct. 5, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 415.]
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[Bond of Phoebe Ricker, widow, with Otis Varncy and Wil-
liam Tibbetts, yeomen, as sureties, all of Somersworth, in the
sum of £5000, Oct. 5, 1764, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Ann Wendell, Susanna Wendell.]
JAMES WHITNEY 1764 DUNSTABLE, MASS.
To the Honi Richard Wil)ird Esq' Judge of Probate &c
Whereas James Whitney of Dunstable in the (^ounty of middle-
sex in the Province of the mass^« died Intestate & left aboute
forty acres of Land in Dunstable in the Province of New Hamp'
which belongs to his children & which can not be divid*^ amoungst
the heirs with out spoyling the whole we the subscribers there-
fore desire the Same may be set to James Whitney Eldest son of
the s'^ Dec*^ & men Appointed to aprise the same
Dunstable ocf 5 1764 Thomas Harwood
for four C hildren
James Whitney
Isaac Powers
[Administration granted to James Whitney Nov. 13, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 525.]
[Bond of James Whitney, yeoman, with Thomas Harwood,
yeoman, and Zaccheus Lovewell as sureties, all of Dunstable,
in the sum of £500, Nov. 13, 1764, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Jonathan Lovewell, Bridget Lovewell.]
[Warrant, Nov. 13, 1764, authorizing Phineas Lund and John
Fletcher, both of Dunstable, husbandmen, to appraise the es-
tate.]
[Inventory, Nov. 23, 1764; amount, £264. 6. 8; signed by
Phineas Lund and John Fletcher.]
[Warrant, June 10, 1765, authorizing Jonathan Lovewell,
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Joseph Senter, and Joseph Whiting, yeoman, all of Dunstable, to
appraise the estate; returned at £53. 6. 8 June 7, 1766.]
[Order of court, July 28, 1766, settling the estate on James
Whitney, oldest son, he to pay the other children their shares,
there being seven children.]
[Bond of James Whitney of Dunstable, Mass., yeoman, with
John Wright and Jacob Taylor, both of Dunstable, N. H., yeo-
men, as sureties, in the sum of £200, July 28, 1766, to pay the
other children their shares; witnesses, Thomas Harwood, Jona-
than Love well.]
I
SAMUEL PALMER 1764 HAMPTON
In the Name of God Amen I Samuel Palmer of Hampton in
the Province of New Hampshire yeoman being Sick and ap-
prehensive of my approaching Dissolution * * *
Item I hereby Constitute and appoint Abigail Palmer my well
beloved wife Sole Executrix of this my last will and Testiment —
Item I hereby will & ordain that out of my Estate all my Just
Debts be Duely paid in a Reasonable time by my Said Execu-
trix —
Item I Give to my well beloved wife the Improvement of all
my Estate Real & personal untill my Son Josiah comes to the
age of twenty one Years She therewith bringing up my Children
till they Come of age and when and from the time that my afore-
said Son Josiah Comes to the age of twenty one Years: I also
will and ordain that out of my Estate my aforesaid wife shall
have Yearly provided her by my aforesaid Son (So long as She
Continues my widow) the articles following (viz) one hundred
weight of Good pork Sixty weight of Beef twelve bushels of
Indian Corn, three bushels of barley, two barrills of Cyder, the
use & Improvement of a Cow, twelve pounds of money old
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Ten'- two Fleases of Sheeps wool, & a Suffirionry of firewood
brought to her Dore and all to be Seasonably provided and also
the Improvement of the Easterly End of my house cS:c
I also Give to my aforesaid wife all my Household Goods and
furniture Excepting the following articles (viz) my warcing
Cloathes, a Brass Kittle, my Gun & Great bible which I have
hereafter Desposed off to my Son Josiah
Item I Give to my four Daughters (viz) DelK)rah, Sarah,
Hulda and Abigail fifty pounds old Tenn' Each, to be paid them
out of my Estate by my aforesaid Son Josiah in maner folhnving
(viz) To Deborah & Sarah & Hulda when my aforesaid Son
f arives to the age of twenty one Years and to my Daughter ai)i-
gail when She Comes to the age of Eighteen Years
Item All the Residue of my Estate Real and Personal 1 have
thought fit and hereby Do Give & bequeath to my aforesaid Son
Josiah Palmer and to his Heirs and assigns, to his and their use
forever; Hereby Ratifying this aforewritten as my last will and
Testament: and do Declare nul & Void all other wills, bequests,
Testiments and Codicells whatsoever Dated at Hampton this
9*^^ Day of octob"^ 1764 & in the 4th Year of his Majestys Reign
Samuel Palmer
[Witnesses] Simon Dow, Josiah Moulton, Jonathan Lock.
[Proved April 24, 1765.]
[Inventory, July 29, 1765; amount, £3523. o. o; signed by
Josiah Moulton, Jr., and Simon Dow.]
WILLIAM DUNCAN 1764 LONDONDERRY
In The Name of God amen
I William Duncan of Londonderry within the Province of
New Hampshire in New England Treader Being very much
Indesposed in Body * * *
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Beloved wife Jean Duncan the
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one forth Part of my Real and Personal Estate after my Just
Debets and funeral Charges is paid out of the Same
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Daughter ann the one forth
Part of my Real & Personal Estate —
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Daughter Rachel the one forth
Part of my Real & Personal Estate —
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Daughter Rossana one forth
part of my Real & Personal Estate & it is my will that when my
Daughters above Named Comes to the age of Twenty one years
or if maried befor that age That then my wife Jean Duncan have
a Right to Dispose of a forth Part of my Estat as she may think
Proper I Do order and Derect that my Said Daughters Be Men-
taned and schooled out of the intrest of my Personal Estat &
Real Estat and the Proffet arising there from at the Discreation
of my Exactors
I Do Nominate Constitute & appoint James Ewins & George
Duncan Juner Exactors * * * in witness whereof I have
Hereunto Set my hand & Seal the Ninteenth Day of October
anno Domini 1764
William Duncan
[Witnesses] John Duncan, John Barnet Jun"", Ann Barnet.
Be it known to all men By these Presents that whereas I
william Duncan of Londonderry within the Provence of New
Hampshire in Newingland Treader have made & Declared my
Last will & Testament in writing Bearing Deat the Ninteenth
Day of October 1764 I the Said william Duncan By this Present
Codicil Do Ratify and Confirme the Said will & Testment yet
it is my will & Desiar that if any of my Children should Die be-
fore marage or they Com to the age of Twenty one years of age
that that forth Part be Equaly Devided amongst the Rest as
witsenes my hand
his
William X Duncan
mark
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[Witnesses] John Duncan, John Barnet Jun% Ann Barnet.
[Proved Nov. 28, 1764.]
[Inventory, attested April 29, 1765; amount, £14,135. 14. i;
signed by WilHam Duncan, John Barnctt, and George Duncan,
Jr.; the sum of £315. 16. o was added Aug. 25, 1766.]
[Guardianship of Ann Duncan, Rachel Duncan, and Rosanna
Duncan, aged less than 14 years, children of William Duncan,
granted to John Duncan June 18, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 251.]
[Bond of John Duncan, yeoman, with James Taggart, yeo-
man, and William Duncan, gentleman, as sureties, all of London-
derry, in the sum of £500, June 18, 1766, for the guardianship of
Ann Duncan, Rachel Duncan, and Rosa Duncan, aged less than
14 years, children of William Duncan of Londonderry, trader,
deceased; witnesses, James Campbell, Jr., Thomas Taggart.]
[Account of the executor; receipts, £420. 10. 4; expenditures,
£205. 12. 10^; mentions "John Weare who Married the widow
Jane Duncan"; allowed Aug. 28, 1766.]
[Petition of John Duncan, guardian, and Capt. John Wiear,
April I, 1769, for a division of the estate by Capt. William Dun-
can, John Barnett, and James Beaton.]
[Bond of Matthew Thornton of Exeter, with John Bell and
John Pinkerton, both of Londonderry, as sureties, in the sum of
£2000, Nov. 24, 1779, for the guardianship of Rosanna Duncan,
minor, aged more than 14 years, daughter of William Duncan;
witnesses, Zaccheus Clough, Nathaniel Parker.]
DANIEL MOULTON 1764 CHESTER
[Administration on the estate of Daniel Moulton of Chester,
yeoman, granted to Richard Jenness, 3d, Oct. 31, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 323.]
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[Bond of Richard Jenness, 3d, of Rye, with Jonathan Towie
of Rye and Jonathan ]\Iarston of Hampton, yeomen, as sureties,
in the sum of £5000, Oct. 31, 1764, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Wyseman Claggett, John SuUivan.]
I
ISAAC CURRIER 1764 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of Isaac Currier of Exeter, inn-
holder, granted to his widow, EHzabeth Currier, Oct. 31, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 369.]
[Bond of Elizabeth Currier, with Ephraim Robinson, trader,
and Jonathan Hill, joiner, as sureties, all of Exeter, in the sum of
£500, Oct. 31, 1764, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, Noah Emery, Daniel Tilton.]
[Inventory, Dec. 28, 1764; amount, £5496. 13. o; signed by
Noah Emery and Daniel Tilton.]
[Administration de bonis non on the estate of Isaac Currier of
Exeter, hatter, granted to Ephraim Robinson July 31, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 526.]
[Bond of Ephraim Robinson, gentleman, with Noah Emery,
gentleman, and Richard Smith, yeoman, as sureties, all of Ex-
eter, in the sum of £500, July 31, 1765, for the administration of
the estate; witnesses, Ebenezer Stevens, William Vaughan.]
[Bond of Ephraim Robinson of Exeter, trader, with James
Norris and Joseph Chandler, both of Epping, gentlemen, as
sureties, in the sum of £500, Feb. 28, 1770, for the guardianship
of Isaac Currier and Ephraim Currier, aged less than 14 years,
children of Isaac Currier; witnesses, John Wentworth, Samuel
Hale, Jr.]
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HANNAH HORNEY 1764 PORTSMOITH
[Administration on the estate of Hannah Horney of Ports-
mouth, widow, granted to John Shackford Oct. 31, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 322.]
[Bond of John Shackford of Portsmouth, with Walter Ikyent
of Newmarket and Benjamin Hill of Madhury, yeoman, as sure-
ties, in the sum of £500, Oct. 31, 1764, for the administration of
the estate; witnesses, William Parker, William Vaughan.]
[Warrant, Oct. 31, 1764, authorizing William Shackford and
William Knight, merchant, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, Nov. 9, 1764; amount, £5693. 12. 6; signed by
William Shackford and William Knight.]
[Administration de bonis non granted to Bray Bearing Under-
wood, mariner, Feb. 3, 1770.]
[Probate Records, vol. 26, p. 258.]
[Bond of Bray Dearing Underwood, with Jonathan Warner
and William Pearne, mariner, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in
the sum of £500, Feb. 3, 1770, for the administration of the es-
tate; witness, Samuel Hale, Jr.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £230. 14. 7>^; ex-
penditures, £216. 4. 11^; allowed June 4, 1770.]
NATHAN PRESCOTT 1764 KINGSTON
[Administration on the estate of Nathan Prescott of Kingston,
yeoman, granted to Stephen Prescott Nov. 9, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 342.]
[Bond of Stephen Prescott of Kingston, yeoman, with Philip
Tilton of Kingston, blacksmith, and David Green of Kensington,
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yeoman, as sureties, in the sum of £300, Nov. 9, 1764, for the ad-
ministration of the estate; witnesses, Thomas Batchelder, Wil-
liam Parker, Jr.]
[Inventory, Dec. 14, 1764; amount, £6175. 4. o; signed by
Jeremy Webster and Jonathan Greeley.]
JOHN DOW^ 1764 KENSINGTON
In the Name of God Amen I John Dow of the parish of Ken-
sington in the province of Newhampshire in newengland yeo-
man * * *
ily I Give and Bequeath to my wellbeloved wife patience
Dow Six hundred pounds money old Tenor Bills of Credit or in
DoUors at six pounds apiece to be paid to her by my Son John
Dow within one yeare after my Decease and I Give my Said
wife all my moveables within Doars excepting one Bead and
Beading Belonging to Said Bead and my Clock and to my Said
wife I Give my little mair and two Cows and four Sheep all
above mentioned excepting what is above excepted my Said
wife to Despose of as Shee Shall See Cause — and I Give my said
wife the Improvement of the west end of my Dwelling house
the one halfe of my Barn and the one third of all my Real Estate
the house and Barn and the one third of my Real Estate my
wife is to Improve So long as Shee Continues my widow and no
longer
2ly I Give and Bequeath to my son moses Dow Six pound
money old Tenor to be paid to him by my Son John Dow within
one year after my Decease
3ly I Give and Bequeath to my Son paul Dow the Best Bead
and Beading that I have in my house and I Give my Said son
five hundred pounds money old Tenor Bills of Credit or in
Dolors at Six pounds apiece the Said five hundred pounds to be
put into Samuel pages hands to be let out for my Said Son at
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Interst the Said Samuel page to pay himselfe out of the Interest
for his trouble the Said five hundred pounds to be paid to Samuel
page within one after my Decease by my son John Dow — and if
Said page Should let Said money out and it Should any of it be
lost my Son paul shall loose it and I order my son John to main-
tain paul in Sickness and health So long as he lives with him
4ly I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter huldah Green two
hundred and fifty pounds money old Tenor Bills of C>edit or in
DoUors at Six pounds apiece to be paid to her l^y my son John
Dow within one year afti r my Decease
5ly I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter hannah (V)llins
two hundred and fifty pounds money old Tenor Bills of Credit
or in Dollers at Six pounds apiece To be paid to her i)y my son
John Dow within one year after my Decease
61y I Give and Bequeath to my Son John Dow forever my
house and Barn and and all my land laying Kensington and all
my Salt marsh and thatch Ground laying in hampton falls or
else where only my wife is to Improve as above expresed and I
Give my said son all my Implyments of husbandry and all my
Stock of Cattle or Creatuers of all Sorts excepting what I have
given my wife before in this my will and I Do by these presents
Constitute and appoint my well beloved son John Dow to be my
Executor to this my last Will and Testiment Rattifying and
Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testiment
In Witness Whereof I the Said John Dow have hereunto Set my
hand and afiixt my Seal this twelfth Day of November anno:
Domini 1764 and the fifth year of the Reign of King George the
third &c
John Dow
[Witnesses] Jonathan Purintun, Stephen Brown, Elijah
Brown.
[Proved Sept. 30, 1767.]
[Inventory, attested Oct. 24, 1767; amount, £1283. 5. 6;
signed by Jonathan Purington and Theophilus Page.]
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JACOB STANYAN 1764 HAMPTON FALLS
[Administration on the estate of Jacob Stanyan of Hampton.
Falls granted to Caleb Sanborn Nov. 13, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 342.]
[Bond of Caleb Sanborn of Hampton Falls, gentleman, with
Jonathan Perkins, baker, and Noah Emery, gentleman, both of
Exeter, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Nov. 13, 1764, for the ad-
ministration of the estate; witnesses, William Vaughan, William
Parker.]
[Inventory, attested Dec. 6, 1764; amount, £564. 16. o;
signed by Jonathan Fifield and Abner Sanborn, Jr.]
[Warrant, Feb. 22, 1765, authorizing Meshech Weare and
Richard Nason, both of Hampton Falls, to receive claims against
the estate.]
[List of claims, Sept. 3, 1765; amount, £11. o. 2^; signed by
Meshech Weare and Richard Nason.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £28. 4. 9>^, personal
estate; expenditures, £29. 12. 23/^; filed Sept. 24, 1765.]
SAMUEL HILL 1764 ROCHESTER
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Hill of Rochester,
clerk, granted to Waldo Emerson of Wells, Me., trader, Nov.
16, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 342.]
[Samuel Hill of Portsmouth and Abraham Hill of Wells, Me.,
minors, sons of Sarah Hill, who was a daughter of Samuel Jor-
dan of Biddeford, Me., make choice of Waldo Emerson of Wells^
Me., as their guardian, Aug. 16, 1764.]
[York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 11, p. 175-1
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS I i i
[Bond of Waldo Emerson of Wells, Me., trader, with NOah
Emery of Exeter, gentleman, and James Kielle of Dover as sure-
ties, in the sum of £500, Nov. 16, 1764, for the administration
of the estate of Rev. Samuel Hill of Rochester; witnesses, H unk-
ing Wentworth, William Parker.]
[Inventory, Nov. 19, 1764; amount, £890. o. o; signed l.y
John McDuffie and John Plummer.]
SAMUEL NORRIS 1764 EPPING
In the Name of god Amen the twenty first Day of November
Anno Domini 1764. I Samuel Norris of Epping in the IVovince
of New Hampshire Husbandman being weak in Body * * *
Imprimis I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife Mary
Norris all my home place where I now Live, Containing one
hundred acres more or Less together with my Dwelling house
Standing thereon for and During her natural Life, and all my
Parsonal Estate I give and Bequeath to my Said beloved wife to
her Desposal forever, and also the Improvement of Sixty acres
of Land Lying in Eppin and to be taken of the westerly end of
that tract of Land I Bought of M'^ Enoch Clark for and during
her natureal Life —
Item I give and Bequeath to my Son Benjamin Norris his
Heirs and Assigns for ever all my home place where I now Lives
Containing one hundred acres more or Less together with the
Buildings Standing thereon and to come in Pessession at my
wifes Decease, and also one third Part of my Saw mill in Notting-
ham and one third Part of the stream and also one third Part of
twenty acres of Land that I reserved for a Privilege to accomo-
date Said mill and to Lye where most Convenant to Said mill,
and to Come in Pessession at my Decease —
Item I give and Bequeath to my Son Samuel Norris his Heirs
and assigns for ever, all that tract of Land Lying in Eppin
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aforesaid that I Bought of M'' Enoch Clark excepting the Im-
provement of sixty acres of said tract which I reserve for my
wife to have the Improvement of During her Natural Life and
also one third part of my saw mill & stream and one third Part
of twenty acres of Land near said mill. —
Item I give and bequeath to my Son Zebulon Norrls his Heirs
and assigns for ever, one hundred and forty acres of Land Lying
in Nottingham In the Second Range of Lotts in the third Division
and Is Part of the 21^* Lott in N° and to begin on the westerly
side of said Lot and to extend into said Lot so far as will Contain
Just one hundred & forty acres as abovesald and to be of equeal
weidth at each end and also one third Part of my saw mill in
Nottingham and one third Part of the Streem and one third Part
of twenty acres of Land where most convenant for a Privilege
for said mill —
Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter marcy Burley her
Heirs & assigns one fourth Part of the remainder of my Land
Lying in Nottingham in the second Range of Lots in the third
Division in the 2i«* Lot In N° and In the 22"^ Lot In N° excepting
the Pine timber Standing thereon, that which I give to all my
Children to share equally alike —
Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter mary Meloon her
Heirs and assigns for ever one fourth Part of the remainder of
my Land that Lyes In the Second Range of Lots in Nottingham
in the third Division and In the 2i«* and 22 •* Lots in N° excepting
what I have given to my three sons as Is above mentioned except-
ing the Pine timber and that I give to all my Children to Share
equally alike —
Item I give and Bequeath to my Daughter Ruth Norrls her
Heirs and assigns one fourth Part of my Land that Lyes In the
second Range of Lots In the third Division In Nottingham and
in the Lots N° 21 & N° 22 excepting what I have given to my
three Sons as Is above mentioned, excepting the Pine timber and
that I give to all my Children to share equally alike —
Item I give and Bequeath to my Daughter Deborah Norrls
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her Heirs and assigns one fourth Part of my Land that Lyes in
the Second Range of Lots in the third Division in Xottingham
and in y« Lots N° 21 : and N° 22 : excepting what I have given to
my three sons as is above mentioned excepting the Pine timl)er
and that I give to all my Children to share equally alike.
Lastly I do Constitute and appoint my well beloved wife
Mary Norris to be my Executrix * * *
his
Samuel X Norris
Mark
[Witnesses] Jeremiah Prescott, James Rundlet Jun^ William
Prescott, Abraham Perkins.
[Proved March 26, 1766.]
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Norris of Epping,
yeoman, granted to his widow, Mary Norris, Feb. 27, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 445.]
[Bond of Mary Norris, with Jonathan Norris and Jeremiah
Elkins, yeomen, as sureties, all of Epping, in the sum of £500,
Feb. 27, 1765, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
William Parker, Moses Davis.]
[Warrant, Feb. 27, 1765, authorizing Ezekiel Brown of Epping,
gentleman, and Daniel Beede of Brentwood to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, May 18, 1765; amount, £16,652. 18. o; signed by
Ezekiel Brown and Daniel Beede.]
[License to Samuel Connor and his wife Mary, executors, to
sell real estate.]
EDMUND PENDERGAST 1764 DURHAM
In the Name of God Amen the twenty first Day of November
In the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred sixty & four
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i
I Edmond Pendergast of the town of Durham in the Province of
newhampshire in newengland yeoman being Sick & week of
Body * * *
Item I give and bequeath to my beloved Son Edmond Pender-
gast the one Half of all my Estate Real Personal or mixt of what-
soever nature or kind or wheresoever the Same may be found to
be to him my Said Son Edmond Pendergast his heirs and assigns
for ever
Item I give and bequeath to my beloved Son thomas Pender-
gast Half of all my Estate Real Personal or mixt of whatsoever
nature or kind or wheresoever the same may be found to be to
him my said son thomas Pendergast his heirs & assigns for ever
& my will is that If either of my Said Sons Shall Die before he
Comes of the age of twenty one years then my will is that the
whole of my afore Said Estate be to the Surviveing Son & his
heirs & assigns forever & my will is & it is my true Intent &
meaning that what I have herein before given to my Sons Shall
not effect or Infreange on my Dearly beloved wife Hannah her
Right of Dower or power of thirds of in or to Said Estate And I
do hereby make ordain & appoint my Said Dearly beloved wife
Hannah Pendergast my Sole Executor * * *
Edmond Pendergast
[Witnesses] Dennis Pendergast, Benjamin Bennick, Walter
Bryent.
[Proved April i6, 1765.]
[Warrant, Oct. 29, 1765, authorizing John Mead, cordwainer,
and Joseph Young, gentleman, both of Newmarket, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, Oct. 30, 1765; amount, £476. 11. 6; signed by John
Mead and Joseph Young.]
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ABEL WRIGHT 1764 NEW II'SWICII
In The Name of God Amen. I Abel Wright of Ipswich in the
Province of New Hampshire Being Weak in Body * ♦ *
Imprimas I Do Give to my Brother Thomas Wright my Great
Coat hatt and Husbanddry Tools.
Item I Do Give to my Brother oliver Wright a Black [)are
of Britches
Item I Do Give to my Brother Ebenezer wright a Blew Coat
and Jacote Each all wool.
Item I Do Give to my Brother Peter Wright a Blew Dew
Roy Coat and a white Jacote and my Gun.
Item I Do Give and bequeath to my Beloved wife Eunice all
my Estate Both Real and personal with all Noats Book Debts
and Do appoint and Constitute her to be the Sole Executor of
this my Last Will and Testement and to pay all my Justs Debts
and funural Charges and Deliver the above Legaces to the
persons Named.
In Confirmation hereof I Do hereunto Set my hand and Seal
this twenty Sixt Day of November A: D. 1764, and in the fourth
year of his Majesties George y* 3 by the Grace of God King &c
Abel Wright
[Witnesses] Stephen Adams, Isaac Appleton, Benjamin Adams.
[Proved Oct. 30, 1765.]
[Bond of Benjamin Adams, in behalf of Eunice Wright, with
Isaac Appleton as surety, both of New Ipswich, yeomen, in the
sum of .... , Oct. 30, 1765, for the execution of the will ; witnesses,
William Parker, Richard Wibird Penhallow.]
JEREMIAH BATCHELDER 1764 KENSINGTON
In the Name of God Amen: November the 28*'' day 1764 I
Jeremiah Bachelder of the Parish of Kensington in Hampton in
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the Province of New Hamps: in New England Husbandman
Imp^ I Give to Theodate my Now dearly beloved wife the use
& Improvement of the one Half of my dwelling House, viz: the
Easterly End thereof from the top to the Bottom with the
Cellar under it : and the one third of my Barn viz : the Easterly
part thereof, also I Give to my s'^ wife the use & Improvement of
one Third part of all the residue of my Real Estate : that is my
Buildings & all my Lands &c for her to use Improve & take the
profits Dureing her Natural life viz. of one Third part thereof
as above mentioned : also I Give to my s"^ wife all my Houshold
Stuff for her own to her, her Hiers and Assigns forever, and to be
at her dispose Further I Give to her my s"^ wife Two Cows &
four sheep to be delivered to her by my Executor Immediately
after my decease if She requests them or at any time whensoever
she request or demand them :
Item I Give & Bequeath to my son Jeremiah Bachelder all my
Real Estate (as Lands Buildings &c) wherever being, or how-
ever scituate; to him his Hiers & Assigns forever, with all my
stock of Cattel, Horses, sheep, swine &c and all my Implements
without Doors for man & Beast to work with & all my provision
viz: Corn Meat &c; and my salt Marsh; The said Real Estate as
above Express'd with the above mentioned personal Estate To
Have And To Hold to him the s<* Jeremiah Bachelder my s'^ son
his Hiers Executors Adminis" & Assigns for ever, he paying the
Legacies & performing the duties hereafter mentioned —
And I do hereby Constitute make & ordain my s^ son Jeremiah
Bachelder to be sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testa-
ment —
Item I Give & Bequeath to my well beloved Daughter Theo-
date now the wife of Benjamin Sanborn the sum of forty shillings
sterling to be paid to her by my Executor within one year after
my Decease in s'^ sterling money, or an Equivalency thereto in
the Currency that shall then pass, she haveing been already
furnishd by me
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Item I Give & Bequeath to my Daughter Huldah the sum of
forty Eight pounds sterhng, or an Equivalency thereto, as fol-
loweth viz : Twelve pounds Sterling at the End of one year after
my decease, or an Equivalency in the Currency that then shall
pass, and the residue to be paid as followeth viz: A Cow and such
things as shall be Necessary for Housekeeping, Suitable to her
degree & Quality and she shall request therefor, all to be paid
and delivered as before mentioned at the End of one year after
my decease
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Daughter Mary as the former
forty Eight pounds sterling or an Equivalency thereto as follow-
eth viz: Twelve pounds sterling within Two years after my
decease or an Equivalency thereto in the Currency that shall
then pass: and the remainder as followeth viz: One Cow «S: the
remainder in such things as that be Necessary for her keeping
House According to her Degree & Quality and she shall recjuest
therefor, all to be paid & delivered within Two years after my
Decease —
Item as for my son Stephen my Will is and I do hereby Order
that my Executor (In Case the s*^ Stephen should live to grow up
to manhood) procure & provide for him the s** Stephen A settle-
ment something higher up in the Country than where I dwell,
where I Expect Land will be Cheaper than here, and that it be in
good Land that will be fit for a man to live upon when bro't too,
and that my S*^ Executor support him in his own person, with
Two years provision after he shall arrive to the age of Twenty
one years, if he stand in Need thereof, also that he help him
some in his first beginnings about Clearing, and about Building;
also that he furnish him with a yoke of Oxen & A Cow when he
shall settle for himself; But in Case the s'^ Stephen as he grows
up should Incline to learn a Trade (he being weakly »& ailing)
that then in that Case my Will is that my s<^ Executor take Care
that he is learn't some Trade or Mystery such as he inclines to cS:
is likely to be Capable of following: and then he Comes to be
free (as is Commonly Expressd) to provide for him A settlement
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in some place likly to be Convenient for his Trade & Calling
(that is to say) a place for a Tradesman (not a farmer) and to
assist him some in Building; and then in this last Case if it should
be so my Will is that my s<^ Executor be Excus'd from the first
Case viz : from procureing the farm &c —
And I do hereby Will & order my s** Executor to deliver to
my s"^ wife the forementioned Two Cows & four sheep as fore-
mentioned : — also the Two Cows forementioned to my Two
Daughters forementioned, and to pay to all my Three Daughters
forementioned the several Legacies to them respectively ordered
as before mentioned : also I hereby Will & Order my s^ Executor
to provide a good Horse for my s"^ wife, such as shall be fit
for her Use yearly and every year so long as she remains A
widow * * *
Jeremiah Bachelder
[Witnesses] Samuel Hobbs, Joseph Kimball, Jeremy Webster.
[Proved Jan. 30, 1765.]
[Inventory, March 13, 1765; amount, £21,877. 6. o; signed by
Jeremy Webster and Abraham Prescott.]
SAMUEL SMITH 1764 DUNBARTON
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Smith of Starkstown,
yeoman, granted to John Stinson of Starkstown, yeoman, Dec.
6, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 358.]
[Bond of John Stinson, with Stephen Holland of Londonderry,
and John Stark of Derryfield, gentleman, as sureties, in the sum
of £10,000, Dec. 6, 1764, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Samuel Hobart, Matthew Thornton.]
[Inventory, Jan. 17, 1765; amount, £3498. 12. o; signed by
Caleb Page and William Stark.]
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[Account of John Stinson and wife Elizabeth, administrators;
receipts, £4470. o. o; expenditures, £1721. 8. 10; mentions "1765
Jan. 25 supporting the Children of said deceased viz Andrew
Smith 52 weeks Mary Smith 148 weeks Sam' Smith 148 weeks.
... 1767 Jan Mary Smith 52 weeks more Samuel Smith 104
weeks more"; filed Jan. 15, 1767.]
[Bond of Stephen Holland, with ^Matthew Thornton as surety,
both of Londonderry, in the sum of £200, Jan. 30, 1771, for the
guardianship of Andrew Smith, minor, aged more than 14 years,
son of Samuel Smith ; witnesses, none.]
[Administrator's additional account; receipts, £159. 8. 2; ex-
penditures, £3. 3. o; allowed Jan. 31, 1771, and ordered to be
divided among "the woman who was the wife of the deceased"
and the six children.]
THOMAS OWEN 1764 PORTSMOUTH
[Guardianship of John Owen, minor, aged more than 14 years,
son of Thomas Owen of Portsmouth, granted to Pierse Long
Dec. 10, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 342.]
[Bond of Pierse Long, mariner, with Samuel Warner, merchant,
as surety, both of Portsmouth, in the sum of £5000, Dec. 10,
1764, for the guardianship of John Owen, son of Thomas Owen,
mariner, deceased ; witnesses, William Vaughan, William Parker.]
JOHN LOVERING 1764 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of John Lovering of Exeter
granted to his widow, Jane Lovering, Dec. 17, 1764-]
[Probate Records, voL 23, p. 385.]
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[Bond of Jane Lovering, with Nathaniel Folsom and Joseph
Gilman, merchant, as sureties, all of Exeter, in the sum of £5000,
Dec. 17, 1764, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
Joseph Gilman, 3d, John Ward Oilman.]
[Inventory, attested Oct. 7, 1765; amount, £7554. 7- o; signed
by Biley Hardy and Edward Stevens.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £385. 7. 4; expendi-
tures, £419. 2. 3>^; mentions "Supporting & maintaining four of
the Intestates Children being under Seven years old from the
j^th f^^y q( October 1764 being the day of Decease for & During
the Terms following viz i. Anna to the 11*'' of October 1765.
... 2. Richard to the 2^^^ Decern"" 1767. ... 3. Nathaniel ,
to May 4**^ 1768. ... 4. Ruhamah to May 4*^ 1768"; allowed
May 8, 1768.] ^
[Petition of Joseph Lovering and Jonathan Lovering, Aug. 31,
1808, that administration de bonis non on the estate of their
father, John Lovering, be granted to their brother, Benjamin
Lovering of Exeter.]
[Bond of Benjamin Lovering, cordwainer, with George Hali-
burton, mariner, and James Folsom, 3d, saddler, as sureties, all
of Exeter, in the sum of $2000, Sept. 14, 1808, for the administra-
tion of the estate; witness, William Parker.]
[Warrant, Sept. 14, 1808, authorizing Benjamin Gordon,
Dudley Thing, yeoman, both of Exeter, and Simon Magoon of
East Kingston, yeoman, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Oct. i, 1808; eleven acres of land in Exeter,
$308.00; signed by Benjamin Gordon and Simon Magoon.]
[List of claims against the estate; amount, £147. 5. 2; signed
by Noah Emery and Nicholas Gilman; attested Oct. 10, 1766,
endorsed returned Oct. 28, 1808.]
[License to the administrator, Nov. 14, 1808, to sell real estate.]
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[Account of the administrator; receipts, S753.00; expenditures,
$670.01; allowed Oct. 23, 1809.]
GEORGE HUNTRESS 1764 PORTSMr)! 'Ill
In the Name of God Amen I George Huntress of Portsmouth
in the Province of New Hampshire Gentleman i)einK Itilirm and
in a Bad State of Bodily helth * * *
Imprimis I give to Sarah my Beloved Wife all my Personal
Estate whatsoever & wheresoever the Same is or may be found
(She paying all my Just Debts & Funeral Charges) To her c\: her
Heirs and assigns forever, Also I give to her the Improvement of
all my Real Estate During her Life for her Support <S: bringing
up my Younger Children —
Item I give & Bequeath to my Children Viz* Robert Huntress,
George Huntress, Eliz^ Huntress, Joshua Lang Huntress, Daniel
Huntress & Cath" Huntress Each of them five Shillings to be jjaid
within one year after my Decease by my Executrix herein after
named —
Item I give unto my Said Children the reversion of m>- Real
Estate to them their Heirs & assigns forever to be Equally Di-
vided between them —
Lastly I Constitute & appoint my Said Wife Sole Executrix of
this my last Will and Testament hereby Revokeing all former
Wills by me heretofore made —
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the
20*^ Day of December Anno Domini 1764
George Huntress
[Witnesses] John Griffith, John Leweis, Caleb Beck.
[Proved Feb. 27, 1765.]
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ELIJAH DUTTON 1764 NEW IPSWICH
The Last Will and Testement of Elij^ Dutton of Ipswich in the
Province of New-Hampsh'' Housewright In the Name of God
Amen. I Elijah Dutton of S*^ Ipswich being as I apprehend very
near my Departure out of this world though Sick yet of Perfect
Memory * * *
Item. I Give and bequeath unto Elisabeth my well Beloved
Wife my Whole Real and Personal Estate & hereby make her
my Sole Heir that the Same be Intirely at her Disposal —
Lastly I Constitute and appoint My Honoured Father John
Dutton of S*^ Ipswich Blacksmith To be the Sole Executor
* * *
Signed Sealed Deliver'd Published and Pronounced on this
Twenty Second Day of Decemb"^ Anno Dom. 1764 in the Fourth
Year of His Majesties Reign: Written by the afore s*^ Elij^ Dut-
ton of S^ Ipswich in the Province of New Hampshire as his Last
Will and Testament —
his
Elij^ X Dutton
mark
[Witnesses] Benj'' Hoar, Ephraim xA^dams, Benj^ King.
[Proved June 14, 1765.]
[Bond of John Dutton, with Ephraim Adams as surety, both
of New Ipswich, in the sum of £500, June 14, 1765, for the
execution of the will ; witnesses, William Parker, Sarah Parker.]
JONATHAN BEAN 1765 KINGSTON
[Administration on the estate of Jonathan Bean of Kingston,
yeoman, granted to Joseph Bean, Jr., of Kingston Jan. 9, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 420.]
[Bond of Joseph Bean, Jr., yeoman, with Jonathan Sanborn
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and Moses Judkins, yeomen, as sureties, all of Kingston, in the
sum of £500, Jan. 9, 1765, for the administration of the estate
of his brother, Jonathan Bean ; witnesses, Moses Badger. William
Parker, Jr.]
[Warrant, Jan. 9, 1765, authorizing Ehenezer Long and Samuel
Philbrick, both of Kingston, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested April 23, 1765; amount. C1024. 15. o;
signed by Ebenezer Long and Samuel Philbrick.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £72. 2. o; expendi-
tures, £29. 3. 10; allowed Aug. 27, 1766.]
ABNER HARRIMAN 1765 PLAISTOW
In The Name of god amen : I Abner Harriman of Plastow in the
Province of Newhampshire in New England yeaman, Calling to
mind the Mortallity of My Body and Being of a perfect mind
and Memory, Do this fourteenth Day of January Domini 1765.
make this my Last will and Testament * * *
Imp' I give and bequeth To my son Jaasiel Harriman the
sum of four pounds New tenor To Be paid by my Executors in
two years after my Decease —
Item I give & bequeath To my Daughter Elisabeth Hooper y"
sum of four pounds New tenor To be paid by my Executors in
two years after my Decease —
Item I give and bequath To my Daughter Ruth Merrill y*
sum of Twenty five pounds New tenor to be paid by my Execu-
tors in two years after My Decease
Item I give & bequath to my Daughter Naomi Pike y" sum of
Twenty five pounds New tenor To be paid by my Executors in
two years after my Decease —
Item I give and bequeath To my Daughter Sarah Kimball y"
sum of Twelve pounds Ten shillings New tenor To be paid by
my Executors in tow years after my Decease —
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Item. I give and bequeath To my Daughter Ana Haes y^ sum
of Twelve Pounds Ten shilHngs New tenor To be paid by my
Executors in Two years after my Decease —
Item I give and bequeath To my grandson Abner Plumer my
DwelHng house Barn Sawmill Grist mill with all my Homestead
farm, and the Land and Medow lying on y" Northoly Side of the
Saw ]\Iill Medow Brook Joyning To Land of Benj° Stone with
about two acres lying by y^ Saw Mill River Joining on Land of
John Harriman Jn"^ with all my Stock Together with all my
Husbandry Tools, and all my personal Estate That I Shall have
at my Decease, he y^ Said Plumer paying all my Just Debts
Funeral Charges Legeces before Mentioned —
I also appoint and Constitute him y^ Said Abner Plumer afore-
said Together with Nathaniel Peabody of Plastow aforesaid
Physician sole Executors * * * jn witness whereof I have
hereunto Sett my hand & Seal this fourteenth Day of January
in y fifth year of His Majestyes Riagn Domini 1765 —
Abner Harriman
his
[Witnesses] Thomas Stevens, Samuel Little, Jonathan X
Stevens. mark
[Proved April 13, 1770.]
[Inventory, May 18, 1770; amount, £170. 13. 4; signed by
Jonathan Carlton and Samuel Little.]
[Petition of Reuben Harriman, April 5, 1774, for an account by
the administrator, stating that the estate was insolvent, and that
" Cap*° Thomos Noyes and Enock Noyes and Morses Keley Was
apinted by the Judg to Recive the Clames and no Return mad
of there Doings."]
[Citation to the executor. May 20, 1774, to render an account.]
[Petition of the executor, June 27, 1774, for further time, on
account of confused papers, large number of claims, and doubtful
titles to real estate.]
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THOMAS BICKFORD 1765 MADBLRV
In the Name of God amen this Twenty Sixth Day of Janii'
one thousand Seven Hundred & Sixty five I Tho' liickford in the
parrish of Madbury in the province of New Hampshire Yeoman
Being Very Sick And weak in Body * * *
Item I Give to my Beloved wife Juanna Bickford to he at her
Disposing one Suit of mourning apparel that is to Say one silk
Crape Gown hood vail hankerchief & Gloves with my meat &
Corn & the Cow She brought with her »S: two Yearling Calves one
Yearlin Colt two swine with one sheep & the Increase of four
sheep one year to Deliv^ by my Executor
Item I Give to my Son Tho" Bickford his heirs & assigns
forever four acres of Land in madbury abovs'' now in the Posision
of my son Charles Bickford bound at the Eastern I^ntl next to
Leu* James Davises Land
Item I Give to my son Charles Bickford his heirs tS: assigns
forever Seven acres of Land now in his possesion where he now
Dwells Joyning to his Land being the whole Length thereof
Item I Give to my son John Bickford his heirs & assigns for-
ever my Right or Intrest in a new Town ship in said province in
the Midle town under Tufton Mason Lying by the head of
Rochester & also my working Oxen
Item I Give to my son Samuel Bickford his heirs & assign for-
ever four acres of Land in s^ madbury now in the Possesion of my
Son Charles Bickford Lying between what I have willd to him
& my son Tho" Bickford
Item I Give to my Daughter Temperance Young one Cow to
be Deliv^ her by my Executor one Year after my Decease
Item I Give to my Daughter Elisabeth Young one Cow to be
Dilev^ her by my Execu' two Years after my Decease
Item I Give to my Daughter Rebbeca Cook one Cow to be
Deliv^ her by my Execu"" three Years after My Death
Item I Give to my Daughter Sarah Blake one Cow to be
Deliv'd her by my Execuf four Years after my Decease
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Item I Give to my son Joseph Bickford whome I likewise
Constitute make & ordain my Sole Execuf to this my Last will &
Testament, to him his heirs & Assigns forever my homested
farm where I now Dwell with my Dwelling House & barn stand-
ing thereon with my farming ox tackling with my live Stock
Excepting what I have Given afores'^ I likewise give to my son
Joseph whatsoever shall hereafter appear to be my Estate not
mentioned in the foregoing to be by him freely Possesd &
Enjoyd * * *
Thomas Bickford
[Witnesses] Solo Emerson, Ruben Cheslee, Eben' Demerit.
[Proved Feb. 27, 1765.]
[Bond of Joseph Bickford, yeoman, with Reuben Chesley and
John Tasker, husbandmen, as sureties, all of Madbury, in the
sum of £500, Feb. 27, 1765, for the execution of the will; wit-
nesses, John Sullivan, William Vaughan.]
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ELIPHALET HALE 1765 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of Eliphalet Hale of Exeter
granted to his son, Eliphalet Hale, Jan. 30, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 374.]
[Bond of Eliphalet Hale of Exeter, gentleman, with John
Shackford and John Dennett, gentleman, both of Portsmouth,
as sureties, in the sum of £20,000, Jan. 30, 1765, for the ad-
ministration of the estate of Eliphalet Hale, physician; wit-
nesses, William Eastman, William Vaughan.]
[Elizabeth Hale renounces administration Feb. 6, 1765.]
[Inventory, April 10, 1765; amount, £422. 6. o; signed by
John Rice and Noah Emery.]
[List of claims against the estate, attested July 29, 1767;
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amount, £521. 15. 2; signed by Noah Emcr>' and Nicholas
Gilman.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £304. o. 7; expendi-
tures, £214. 18. 7; mentions "Supplying the Widow cS: Three
Daughters with Provisions & fireing for one year"; allowed
Oct. 31, 1770.]
[Settlement of claims; amount distributed, £89. 2. o; allowed
Nov. 13, 1770.]
EBENEZER ADAMS 1765 DO\'ER
[Administration on the estate of Ebenczer Adams of Dover
granted to his widow, Lois Adams, Jan. 30, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 374.]
[Bond of Lois Adams of Dover and Benjamin Adams of New-
ington, with Jonathan Downing of Newington, yeoman, and
George Boyd of Portsmouth as sureties, in the sum of £5000,
Jan. 30, 1765, for the administration of the estate of Ebenezer
Adams, trader; witnesses, Samuel Penhallow, William \'aughan.]
[Inventory, Feb. 28, 1765; amount, £5815. 3. 5; signed by
Thomas Westbrook Waldron and Ephraim Hanson.)
[List of claims against the estate. May 28, 1765; amount,
£6326. 3. 0.]
[Petition of Caleb Hodgdon of Dover, mariner, May 15, 1771,
for permission to sue the bond of the administrators.]
[Caveat of Caleb Hodgdon, creditor. May 21, 1771, against
the allowance of the list of claims against the estate.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £280. 2. 2; expendi-
tures, £226. 4. 6X; mentions "maintenance of three Children
while under 7 years of age"; allowed June 14, i77i-]
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[List of claims against the estate, Junes, 1771; amount,
£43 1 . 1 . 3 >i ; signed by Thomas Westbrook Waldron and Ephraim
Hanson.]
[Settlement of claims; amount distributed, £53. 17. 7^; al-
lowed Aug. 12, 1 77 1.]
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BARTHOLOMEW GOODWIN 1765 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Bartholomew Goodwin of
Portsmouth, mariner, granted to William Knight and John
Hooper Feb. 4, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 387.]
[Bond of William Knight of Portsmouth and John Hooper of
Berwick, Me., with Samuel Penhallow and John Penhallow,
both of Portsmouth, merchants, as sureties, in the sum of £1000,
Feb. 4, 1765, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
William Vaughan, William Parker.]
[Warrant, Feb. 4, 1765, authorizing Samuel Penhallow and
Capt. Thomas Peirce, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, Feb. 5, 1765; amount, £5118. 15. o; signed by
Thomas Peirce and Samuel Penhallow.]
[Account of the administrators, William Knight of Portsmouth
and John Hooper of Arundel, Me.; receipts, £124. 12. 3; ex-
penditures, £133. 19. 7; mentions "paid M" Hooper towards
support of y^ Children"; allowed Oct. 26, 1770.]
[Additional account of expenditures; amount, £32. 10. 4;
mentions " Attend •'^ of Jn° Hooper & his Time Trouble & carry-
ing the children to Arundel. . . . To a pair of Shoes for Anne a
minor under Seven Years of Age. . . . Supplying & finding the
afores<^ Minor till she was Seven Years of Age being two years" ;
allowed Feb. 8, 1771.]
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SAMUEL SHERBURNE 1765 PORlSMoi Hi
In the Name of God Amen
I Samuel Sherburne of Portsmouth in the Province of New
Hampshire in New England Esqr hcinK affected with Bodily
Pain & Indisposition * * *
Item I give & bequeath to the Church of I^ngland as by Law
EstabHshed in the Town of Portsm" & Province aforos"* Two
Thousand Pounds of the Present Value of old Ten' so called to Ik-
under the Care & Directions of the Vestry & Church Wardens of
the Queens Chapel in s^ Town for the Time being and this give
for a Perpetual fund for that End & the Interest and Inc(jme of
the Same to be appropriated & expended if necessary for the
support of an organist in s'^ church or Parish forever without
any Diminution of the Principle Sum —
Item — I give & bequeath to the s'* Church or Chaple my
Moiety or half Parte of a Pasture or Lot of Land & meadow
supposed in the whole about Twelve acres more or less situate
in Portsm° afores'^ and Lying on y« Southerly or South Easterly
Side of the Highway leading from the Hay market toWibirds Hill
so called & which s"^ Tract was given me by my Hon' leather
in his Last Will & Testament and this bequest to be under the
Directions of the Church Wardens of said Parish for the Time
being and to remain as a Perpetual Glebe to the said Church &
Parish and their Successors for ever
Item I give & bequeath to s'^ Church or Parish my lot of Land
in Portsm° which I bought of George Allmary bounded and
Discribed as by his Deed will appear to be under the Care &
Directions of the Church Wardens & Vestry as above said «& this
I intend as a Place to build a School House upon To have & to
Hold the Same to the Church Wardens & Vestry for the Time
being for ever
Item I give & bequeath to my Sister Ann Langdon during her
Natural Life the Interest or Income of Two Thousand Pounds
old Tenour to be paid her annually by my Executors hereafter in
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this will mentioned and after her Decease my will is & I hereby
give & bequeath the said Principle Sum of Two Thousand
Pounds to the Church of England aforesaid to be added to the
Two thousand Pounds old Ten'' bequeathed to s<^ Parish in this
my will above & to be held & applyd and Improved and Dis-
posed of as in & by this my Will & Testament the above Legacy
(to the Church) of Two Thousand Pounds is mentiond to be
applyd & Improved —
Item I give & bequeath to my said Sister Ann Langdon four
Pair of Cotton & four Pair of Lining sheets also a Pair of half
Pint Silver Cans also one Duzen China Plates & Three Dishes
all blew & white
Item I give & bequeath to M" Lydia Cutt during her Natural
Life the Interest & Income of Fifteen Hundred Pounds old
Tenour to be annually paid her by my Executor and after her
Deceas I give and bequeath the s^ Principle Sum of Fifteen
Hundred Pounds to the above mentioned Church of England in
Portsm" to be held & Improved as in & by this Will the money
Legacies to the s*^ Church is directed & mentioned
Item I give & bequeath to the s*^ Lydia Cutt four Pair of Linen
& four Pair Cotton Sheets & one Duzen China Plates & Three
Dishes bew & white I also give her one of my Silver Cans which
holds about Two thirds of a Pint
Item I give & bequeath to M" Dorothy Read Three pair of
Linin & three Pair of Cotton Sheets & one Duzen China Plates
& Three Dishes bew & white
Item I give & bequeath to the Children of my Sister Dorothy
Gillman deceased & to be paid by my Executor Viz to Christo""
Rymes Nathaniel Rogers & Dorothy Taylor Each Two Hundred
Pounds old Ten"" and I also give & bequeath to Nancy Barrett
grand Child of my said Sister Two Hundred Pounds old Ten""
these Legacies to be paid to the minors when they come of
age
Item I give & bequeath to M" Sarah Jaffrey My Silver Tea
Kittle Lamp & Stand
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Item I give & bequeath to M" Hannah Atkins my pair (»f Sil-
ver butter boats so called
Item I give & bequeath Gregory Purcel Esq cS: to his Heirs (Sv:
assigns for ever a Tract of Land of about One Hundred acres
more or less Situate in Nottingham in this Province near or
adjacent to the Estate of Joshua Peirce Esq deceased & is that
Tract I bought of M"" Coffin of Newbury
Item I give & bequeath to M" Rebecca Wcntworth Daughter of
John Wentworth of Portsmouth Esqr one Hundred PoundsoldTen"^
Item I give & bequeath to the reverend M'arthur Brown Two
Hundred Pounds old Ten'
Item I give & bequeath to M" Hannah Jackson Daughter of
Elisha Jackson late of Portsmouth deceasd one Hundred i'ounds
old Ten"" & Paid by my Executors when She comes of Age
Item I give & bequeath to IVT Thomas Odiorne of Exeter in
this Province merch* Three Hundred Pounds old Tenour to be
paid him by my Executors here after mentioned
Item I give & bequeath to Peter Gillman of Exeter in this
Province Esqr Three Hundred Pounds old Ten' to be paid b>' my
Executors here after mentioned
Item I give & bequeath to my Nephew Samuel Sherburne Son
of my Brother Henry Sherburne Esqr all the Residue of my
Estate both Real & Personal of what Kind or Nature soever to
have & to Hold to him the said Samuel & to his Heirs & assignes
for ever
Lastly I Do hereby nominate Constitute & appoint ThecKlore
Atkinson & Hunking Wentworth both of Portsmouth in the
Province of New Hampshire afores'^ Esqrs to be the Executors
of this my last Will & Testament hereby Impowering them to
See the Same duly Executed according to the Intent & Design
thereof —
In testamony whereof I have Signed & Seald the Same don at
Portsmouth this fifth Day of February Annoq Domini one
thousand Seven Hundred & Sixty five 1765
Sam" Sherburne
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[Witnesses] Theodore Atkinson Jun^ Samuel Hale, Joseph
Bass.
[Proved Feb. i8, 1765.]
[Bond of Theodore Atkinson and Hunking Wentworth, both
of Portsmouth, without sureties, in the sum of £10,000, Feb.
22, 1765, for the execution of the will; witnesses, Henry Sher-
burne, Samuel Sherburne.]
JAMES TOPPAN 1765 KINGSTON
In the Name of God, Amen: I James Toppan of Kingstown in
the Province of New Hamps: in New England Gen* being In-
disposed in Body * * *
Imp^ I Give & Bequeath unto my well beloved & only son
John Tappan his Hiers Executors Adminis" & assigns for ever
all my Home place as it lays & is Bounded, with all the Build-
ings thereon, with all priviledges & appurtenances thereunto
belonging; s*^ place being scituate in Kingstown forementioned
with all my Implements or Tools; (out of doors) for man &
Beast to work with and all my stock, of what denomination
Soever, as Cattle, Horses, sheep, swine &c also all my goods &
Houshold stuff, within Doors ; (saveing any thing which shall be
hereafter mentioned, to be given to any others) and I Give also
to my s'^ Son a piece of Salt marsh Containing about Three or
four acres it being that piece of marsh which I purchased of my
Brother in Law Paul Morril being scituate in Salisbury, formerly
so accounted & but now Called South Hampton ; and my Right
or Interest in Gillman Town in the Province afores'^; all the s"*
premisses with their appurtenances my s^ son John To Have And
To Hold to him his hiers Executors ad minis" & assigns forever,
he paying the Legacies & performing the Duties hereafter men-
tioned : Further the Debts Due to me I Give to the s"^ John, and
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133
whatever Else that is mine, that may here be omitted (if any
such there be) I give to him the s^ John
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Daughter Abigail now the
wife of Jacob Gale of s-^ Kingstown my feather Bed belonging to
my Parlour room to be furnished with Two Coverlids, a pair of
sheets, & a pair of Bed Blankets, a Bolster cS: Two pillows with
their Cases, also one Cow to be delivered within one year after
my Decease, she haveing had her Portion already —
Item I Give & Bequeath unto my Grandson James Gale, son
of my forementioned Daughter Abigail a piece of salt marsh
Containing Three acres it being that piece of salt marsh which
I had of Daniel Merril; of Salisbury & is scituate in the Parish
of Hampton Falls; and my will is that my s'^ Daughter & her
Husband shall have the use & Improvement of the s*^ marsh till
the s^ James shall arrive to the age of Twenty one years; and
then the s'* James to take the possession thereof & Enjoy the
same forever —
Item I Give to my Son in Law Simon Noyes the Sum of five
shillings Sterling and to his Daughter Molly — the s"^ sum of
five shillings like money and to his Daughter Sarah the s^ sum of
five shillings like money, all to be paid within Two years after
my decease —
Item I Give to my Grand Daughter Martha Noyes, Daughter
of the forenamed Simon Noyes, One Cow to be delivered to her
on her marriage, & another Cow to be delivered within Two
years after her marriage; and I do hereby further will & order
that the s<^ Martha, when she marries be furnished out of my
Estate, with Houshold stuff for her Comfortable & Convenient
House keeping suitable to her Degree & Quality, (as tho' she
were my own Daughter) Particularly that she have Two good
& Comfortable feather Beds, with furniture & Bedding suitable
to them also that she have a dozen of Chairs, viz : Half a Dozen
of Common Chairs, & Half a Dozen Something more PZxtraordi-
nary. An Iron Pot & Kettle, a Brass Kettle that will Contain
about four Pails full; a warming pan, a frying pan, A Box Iron
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A pair of Tongs & fire shovel, a pair of And Irons, and other
Necessarys for her Conveniency as above mentioned suitable to
her Degree & Quality, also that she be furnished with Two
spinning wheels one for woolen & the other for Linnen & a pair
of Cards ; also I Give to the s'^ Martha my Case of Draws which is
now in my House; further my will is that the s^ ]\Iartha have
the liberty & privilidge of the west room in my House for her to
dwell in till she marries, & then to Quit it
And I do hereby Constitute & ordain my forementioned son
John to be sole Executor * * * in Testimony whereof I do
hereunto set my hand & seal the 9*^ day of february anno Domini
1765 —
James Tappin
[Witnesses] Jeremy Webster, Moses Greeley, Jonathan
Greeley Jn^
[Proved April 24, 1765.]
[Bond of John Toppan, with Samuel Stevens and Moses
Greeley as sureties, all of Kingston, yeomen, in the sum of
£10,000, April 24, 1765, for the execution of the will; witness,
William Vaughan.]
SAMUEL JEWELL, JR. 1765 NEWTON
In the Name of God Amen this Eleventh Day of February one
Thousand Seven Hundred & Sixty five I Samuel Jewel Ju' of
Newtown in the province of New hampshire in New England
yeoman Being at this present time through Gods Goodness of
Perfect understanding tho : under Bodily indisposition * * *
2 ly I Give and bequethe unto my well beloved wife mary
Jewell that piece of Land Lying on the Northerly Side of that
high way that Leads by my house to wards the meeting house to
Gather with the Dweling house and all my house hold Stuf for
Ever for her to Dispose of acording as She Shall think fitt I allso
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Give and Bequthe tu my Said wife one Cow one Sheep and one
p'^s —
S^y I Give and Bequthe unto my well beloved Son Timothy
Jewell five Shillings which is in full of his portum with what he
hath all Ready had and all other my Estate Real or personal or
movebels Bills Bonds Nots of hand Books or Book Debts of
what Ever name or Denomination not allready Desposed of in
this will I leave in the hand of my Executor ordaning him to [)ay
all my Debts which are Jus* and Lawfull and funeral Charges
out of the Same and my will is that the Remeinder of my Said
Estate Reall or personall be Equilly Devided amongs' my other
Children Namely Dorethey Roe Abigail Jewel Sarah Jewel
David Jewell Elizabeth Jewell mary Jewell and John Jewell —
and I Do Now Revoke and make void all other wills and
testements before by me made and appoint ordain and CVjn-
stitute Gideon Bartlet J u"" Sole Executor * * *
his
Samuel X Jewel Jun'
mark
her
[Witnesses] Elisebeth X Bedel, Daniel Kelly Ju', Gideon
Bartlet. mark
[Proved April 15, 1765.]
[Inventory, July 27, 1765; amount, £239. o. o; signed by
Joseph Collins and Micah Hoyt, Jr.]
[Account of the executor; receipts, £37. 18. 10; expenditures,
£23. 18. 10; filed July 30, 1766.]
[List of claims against the estate; amount, £30. 7. 5; signed by
Richard Currier and Joseph Bartlett May 26, 1766.]
[Settlement of claims; amount distributed, £14. o. o; allowed
March 12, 1767.]
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PHILIP WADLEIGH 1765 EXETER
In the Name of God Amen the Last Will and Testament of
Philip Wadleigh of Exeter in the Province of New Hampshire
Yeoman being in perfect health of body * * *
Item I give & Bequeath to my beloved Son Edward Wadleigh
the sum of fifty Pounds old Tenor (besides what he has already
had) to be paid within Two years next after my Decease —
Item I give & bequeath to my Grandson John Wadleigh the
Sum of Fifty Pounds Old Tenor to be paid within two Years
next after my Decease
Item I give & bequeath to my Grandson Daniel Scrivner the
Sum of Fifty Pounds old Tenor to be paid within two years
next after my Decease —
Item I give & bequeath all my Estate real & personal to my
beloved Daughter Sarah Gilman & my Grand Daughter Sarah
Gilman to be Equally Divided between them after the Decease
of my beloved wife Mary Wadleigh —
Finally I give & bequeath to my beloved wife Mary Wadleigh
the whole use & Improvement of all my Estate both real &
personal During her natural Life & do appoint my said wife
Mary Wadleigh to be the Sole Executrix * * * in witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Eleventh
Day of February in the year of our Lord 1 765 —
Philip Wadleigh
[Witnesses] Winthrop odlin, Mary Odlin, John Odlin Jn""
[Proved July 29, 1767.]
[Inventory, attested Sept. 23, 1767; amount, £302. 8. 2;
signed by Theophilus Gilman and Abner Dolloff.]
THOMAS BROWN 1765 HAMPTON
In the name of God Amen the Eleventh day of February in
the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred & Sixty five
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and in the fifth year of the Reign of King George the third
over Great Britain &c —
I Thomas Brown of Hampton in the Province of New Hamp-
shire Yeoman * * *
Item — I give and devise to my Daughter ivac hil Sluiw tlie
wife of Gideon Shaw five pounds old tenor to be paid her by my
Grandson Benjamin Brown Shaw
Item — I give and Devise to my Daughter Abiah Dow the
wife of Jeremiah Dow five pounds old tenor to be paid her by my
Grandson Benjamin Brown Shaw
Item I give and Devise to my Grandson Benjamin Brown
Shaw to him his Heirs and assigns the whole of my home place
where I now live Containing about fifteen Acres of Land bound-
ing westerly on Land of Zachoriah Brown Northerly on a Road
that Leads to the Sea & Easterly on Land of Samuel Garland
with all my buildings thereon Standing also all my other I'eices
of Land and Marsh which I own in Hampton or Elsewhere it is
my will & I do hereby order that my said grandson shall pay the
beforementioned Legacies to my two daughters
Lastly I do by these Presents Constitute and Appoint my
Son in Law Gideon Shaw to be Executor * * *
his
Thomas X Brown
mark
[Witnesses] Samuel Garland, Jeremiah Knowles, Christo'
Toppan
[Proved July 30, 1766.]
[Bond of Gideon Shaw, yeoman, with Christopher Toppan as
surety, both of Hampton, in the sum of £500, July 30, 1766, for
the execution of the will; witnesses, Samuel Page, Nathan
Weare.]
[Warrant, April 30, 1766, authorizing John Moulton of Hamp-
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ton, Jonathan Swett and Elisha Brown, both of Hampton Falls,
gentlemen, to set off the widow's dower.]
We the Subscribers by order from the Honerable Judge of
Probates for the Province of Newhampshier to Set of the Thirds
of the Estate of M"^ Thomas Brown Decase^ the Widow of Said
Deceas*^ and have done as FoUoweth We have Set of to the
widow the west End of the House Runing half the Length of the
House and hur Proportion of the Celler we Likewise have Set of
hur part of the barn begining 10 feet from the South Easterly
Corner and so Runing throug Said Barn we Likewise have Set
hur of three acres & 155 Rods adjoyning the House and Barn
and at the End of the Home Lot we have set of 2 acres and five
Rods & >2 the Pasture by Purkingses by Great hill & at the
farm Thomas Brown Son to the Decease "^ Lives we Set of to the
widow at the East End of Said farm fifteen acres and at the
West End of Said farm we Set of to the widow four acres &
fifty Rods & at the farm in the Possion of Joseph Brown Son
of the Deceas^ we set of to the widow the Pasture CalH the Hog
hill Pasture & a peace of Land the Deceased Bought of Jon*
Palmer four acres & three quarters we Likewise Set of to the |
widow — we Likewise set of to the Widow one half of a peace of
Salt marsh Lying on Black Warter River the East End & Like-
wise a peace of Salt marsh Lying on the North Side of Browns
farm So CalH in the Cove Lying by the Creek which is Ex-
hibited in Plan as the Land at the home Place is & where Thomas
Brown Lives in Testimony where of we Set our hands —
John Moulton
Jonathan Swett
Elisha Brown
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The Estate of Thomas Brown Late of Hampton falls at Home
the widows 3^ taken out according to this plan «S: Set off by
Jona: Sweat John moulton Esq' & E Brown by virtue of a war-
rant Derected to us by the Hon'^'^ Judg of Probate of wills
the west End of the house we set off to the widow Runing
half the Lengthe of the house
we also sett off to the widow the southerly side of the Barn
begining 10 feet from the South Easterly Corner «S: Runing
through said Barn and this Plan is the Land of the home I*lace
Philip Towle Jun"" Survay'
This is a Trew Plan of a Peise of Land in Hampton falls in the
farme So Called the Roade that goes to Browns Rocks goes
Through said Peice of Land and Thomas Brown son of the
Deceased Lives on Said Land
Survayed for the Committe appointed by the order of the
Judge of Probates to Devide said Peise of Land By me
Benjamin Leavitt Sursayer
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/ Bel oft.f^<^
.<£ -EifTi'i'y Hods
aurt.'
I
This is a Trew Plan of a Peise of Salt meddow in Hampton
falls in the Cove on the North side of Browns farme So Called
survayed for the Commity appointed by the Judge of Probates
to Devide said Peise of meddow by me
Benjamin Leavitt Survayer
JOSEPH JEWETT 1765 STRATHAAI
In the Name of God Amen I Joseph Jewet of Stratham in the
province of Newhampshire Gentleman on the Twenty first Day
of febuary anno Domini one thousand Seven hundred and Sixty
five * * *
Itam I Give unto my well Beloved and Duty full wife anna
Jewet the use and Improvement of all my Indore household
Goods Dureing the Term of her Life Excepting my Clock and
Desk and the Improvement of Said Clock and Desk no Longer
then She Remains my widow but So Long she shall have the
Improvement of them —
Item: I Give unto my Said wife one Third of my Estate
Item I Give & Bequeath unto my four Daughters viz Mary
wiggin Hannah Jewet Mehetaball Hill and phebe Shoute all my
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Indore household Goods (Excepting my Clock and Desk) and
them I shall otherwaies Dispose of and my Said four Daughters
mary hannah mehetaball and phehe Shall Com into possion of
Said houshold Goods at my Said wives Dcceasand Said Goodsshail
then be Equaly Devided Between them my Said four Daughters
Item I Give unto my Son Jacob Jewet my Straight Body
Suit of Broad Cloth aparril —
Item I Give unto my Son paul Jewet my Great Coat —
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my five Sons viz Jonathan
Jewet Jacob Jewet paul Jewet James Jewet and Andrew Jewet
Their Heirs and assigns for Ever all my Lands medow Ground
Salt marsh houses Barns out houses and orchards that I own
in Stratham afore Said or in any other Town or place what So
Ever or where So Ever Equaley To be devided Between them
my Said Sons Jonathan Jacob paul James and Andrew for quan-
tity and quality only the fifteen acres of Land that 1 Give to my
Son Jonathan Jewet by a Deed of Gift Shall be part of his Share
of the Lands afore Said and Those of my Sons that are under the
age of Twenty one years the Incum of their Shears of Said Lands
Shall be aplyed by my Executors here after named for the
Defraying Charges that may arise untill they arive To the age
of Twenty one years and Each of them To Com into the Improve-
ment of their part at that Time when they arive to the age of
Twenty one years —
Item I Give unto my Said five Sons viz. Jonathan Jacob paul
James and Andrew all my parsonal Estate money notes for
money Debts Due unto me and all parsonal Estate that I have
that is not Desposed of by this my Last will and Testement
Equaly to be Devided amongst them and Each to Com into
possion of his part as they arive to the age of Twenty one years —
Item I order my Executors here after named To procuer and
provide for my Two Sons viz James Jewet and Andrew Jewet
armes and amonision as thay arive to the age of Sixteen years,
Suitable To appear in the Train feild according to Law To Serve
his majesty
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Item I Give unto my Grandaughter Martha Barker five Shil-
lings to be paid unto her by my Executors here after named
within one year next after my Deceas I haveing alrady Given
her mother my Daughter her portion in the Time of her Life —
Item I Do hereby apoint and ordain my Beloved wife anna
Jewet and my Sons Jonathan Jewet and Jacob Jewet My Ex-
ecutors * * *
Joseph Jewett
[Witnesses] Coker Wiggin, Josiah piper juner, Winthrop
Wiggin.
[Proved May 29, 1765.]
[Inventory, June 17, 1765; amount, £27,395. I7- o; signed by
Thomas Wiggin and Nathan Hoag.]
[Account of the executor; receipts, £7148. 7. o, personal es-
tate; expenditures, £1955. 15. o; allowed April 25, 1770.]
[Additional account; receipts, £269. 12. yyi; expenditures,
£293. 17. 6>^; allowed July 2, 1772.]
NATHANIEL PHILBRICK 1765 EFFING
In the Name of God x\men. The Twenty sixth Day of Febru-
ary in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundrid and
Sixty five ; I Nathaniel Fhilbrick of the parish of Epping in the
province of Newhampshire Husbandman, Being very sick and
weak in Body * * *
Item I Give and Bequeath to My Honoured IVlother J\lary
Fhilbrick Two Hundrid pounds old tenor Money to be paid by
my Executor in six months after my Decease
Item I Give and Bequeath to my well Beloved Brother John
Fhilbrick whom I appoint my Executor all my home place,
Land and Buildings Lying and being in the parish of Epping
and Likewise all my personal Estate whereever it may be found
Excepting those things which I shall hereafter mention and give
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to my other Brethren he paying the Legasies mentioned in this
my last will —
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Beloved Brother Samuel
Philbrick of Raymond one third part of that whole Right of
Land which I Bought of Simon Drake Lying and Being in the
Township of Sambon Town in the province aforesaid further-
more I give to my Brother Samuel Phill)rick one cow, one swine
and two sheep and one third part of my wearing apparrel —
Item I Give to_my Beloved Brother Jonathan Philbrick & to
his heirs & assigns one third part of my whole Right of Land
Lying in Sambon Town in the province aforesaid 1 likewise give
and Bequeath to my Brother Jonathan my two oxen and my
horse and my Best Sadie and Bridle, and one third part of my
wearing apparrel, and my pew in Epping Meeting House and
three sheep onely my Brother Jonathan is to pay and Deliver to
my Brother Elias Philbrick one yoke of oxen and three sheep
when he is arrived to the age of Twenty one years —
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Beloved Brother Llias
Philbrick and to his heirs & assigns one third part of my whole
Right or propriators share in Sambon Town afor'' and likewise
one third part of my cloathing, and my Desk, And a cow and calf
to Be paid to him by my Executor at the age of Twenty one years
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Sister Lienor F'ogg the wife
of Seth Fogg Ten Dollars to be paid by my Executor in one
year after my Decease —
Item I Give and Bequeath to my sister Abigal Blake the
wife of Joseph Blake Ten Dollars to be paid to her by my Execu-
tor in one year after my Decease —
Item I Give and Bequeath to my sister Ruth Philbrick Ten
Dollars to be paid to her by my Executor, at the age of Eighteen
years or time of marriage —
Item I Give and Bequeath to my sister Olley Philbrick Ten
Dollars to be paid to her by my Executor at the age of Eighteen
years or time of Marriage —
Nathanael Philbrick
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[Witnesses] Joseph Prescot, Josiah Rundlet, Ezekiel Brown,
[Proved April 24, 1765.]
[Bond of John Philbrick, yeoman, with Ezekiel Brown and
Joseph Prescott, gentlemen, as sureties, all of Epping, in the
sum of £20,000, April 24, 1765, for the execution of the will,
witnesses, Joseph Blake, William Vaughan.]
OBADIAH TIBBETTS 1765 ROCHESTER
[Administration on the estate of Obadiah Tibbetts of Rochester,
yeoman, granted to Elizabeth Tibbetts Feb. 27, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 410.]
[Bond of Elizabeth Tibbetts, widow, with Timothy Robinson
and John Robinson, yeomen, as sureties, all of Dover, in the sum
of £500, Feb. 21, 1765, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker, Noah Emery.]
[Petition of Muzzey Gould and his wife Elizabeth, formerly
wife of Obadiah Tibbetts, Feb. 4, 1769, for license to sell real
estate; witnesses, Nathaniel Burnham, Jonathan Tibbetts;
license granted March 8, 1769.]
DANIEL PICKERING 1765 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Daniel Pickering of Ports-
mouth, mariner, granted to Dorothy Pickering and Titus Salter
Feb. 2-], 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 410.]
[Bond of Dorothy Pickering, widow, and Titus Salter, with
John Pickering and Richard Hart as sureties, all of Portsmouth,
in the sum of £1000, Feb. 27, 1765, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, none.]
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145
[Inventory, Aug. 8, 1765; amount, £214. 13. o; signed by
Samuel Penhallow and William Knight.]
[Warrant, Sept. 30, 1767, authorizing Samuel Penhallow and
William Knight, both of Portsmouth, to receive claims against
the estate.]
[Citation to Titus Salter, surviving administrator, Feb. 17,
1796, to appear and render his account of the estate.]
[List of claims, attested Feb. 18, 1796; amount, £242. 8. iiK;
signed by Samuel Penhallow, surviving commissioner.]
JOTHAM ODIORNE 1765 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Jotham Odiorne of Ports-
mouth granted to Wyseman Claggett and Samuel Penhallow
Feb. 2-], 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 410.]
[Bond of Wyseman Claggett and Samuel Penhallow, merchant,
both of Portsmouth, with Daniel Peirce of Portsmouth and
Joshua Pickering of Greenland, blacksmith, as sureties, in the
sum of £500, Feb. 27, 1765, for the administration of the estate
of Jotham Odiorne, mariner; witness, William Vaughan.]
[Guardianship of Jotham Odiorne and Sarah Odiorne, minors,
children of Jotham Odiorne, granted to Wyseman Claggett and
Samuel Penhallow Feb. 2"] , 1765.]
[Probate Records, Vol. 23, p. 410.]
[Bond of Wyseman Claggett and Samuel Penhallow, both of
Portsmouth, with Daniel Peirce of Portsmouth and Joshua
Pickering of Greenland, blacksmith, as sureties, in the sum of
£10,000, Feb. 27, 1765, for the guardianship of Jotham Odiorne
and Sarah Odiorne; witness, William Vaughan.]
[Inventory, Jan. 29, 1766; amount, £5831. i. o; signed by
Hunking Wentworth and Daniel Peirce.]
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1
[Account of the administrators; receipts, £131. loK^. o; ex-
penditures, £124. 12. 2>^; allowed April 26, 1769.] |
[Bond of Peter Pearse, merchant, with John Penhallow as
surety, both of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, Oct, 3, 1771, for
the guardianship of Jotham Odiorne of Portsmouth, minor;
witnesses, Daniel Rogers, Jonas Minot.]
[Warrant, Oct. 10, 1771, authorizing Samuel Hale, Samuel
Cutts, Joseph Whipple, Nathaniel Treadwell, merchants, and
George Hart, blacksmith, all of Portsmouth, to divide the real
estate.]
Pursuant to the Above Warrant, We have divided the Estate
of the said Jotham Odiorne deceas'd in Portsmouth, being a
House & Garden near the Hay- Market, and have Set off to
Jotham Odiorne Son to said Deceas'd for his two Thirds, The
Westerly End of the House & the Land Adjoining to Said Part
of the House, from the Street round Westerly to M' Jacob Tread-
wells Land, and on the back side of the House to the Middle
of the back Entry, the west half of the back Entry below, &
the Cellar under said half, the front Chamber in the East End of
the said House, to be parted off in the Middle of the weadth of
the House he being at one half the Charge, The Whole Garrett &
the Cellar under the fore Entry, also the use of the fore Entry
below, & back Entry on the Chamber floor in common with the
Owner of the other part of the House, Also Thirty five feet wide
on the west side of the Garden over to the back Street, He to
keep in repair two thirds of the roof of the House —
We have set off to Sarah Haynes Daughter of said Deceas'd
for her third part of said Estate, the two lower Rooms in the
Easterly end of said House, the Celler under said Rooms the
Land adjoining to said Part from the Street round Easterly to
M' Jotham Blanchards Land, & on the back of the House to the
Middle of the back Entry, to extend Southerly Sixteen feet to
the Garden & the back Chamber in the East End of the House,
to be parted off in the middle of the Weadth of the House she
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being at one half the Charge, the Easterly half of the hack Knlry
below & Celler under said half, also the use of the fore Kntry
below & back Entry on the Chamber floor in Common with the
Owner of the Other Part of the House, also Seventeen feet Wide
on the East Side of the Garden over to the back Street. She is
to keep in repair one third of the roof of the House —
Portsmouth October 16*^ 1771
Samuel Hale
Sam' Cutts
Jos: Whipple
Nath» Treadwell
Geo. Hart
[Additional account of the administrators; receipts, £210. 10. 8;
expenditures, £211. 7. i^; allowed Feb. 26, 1777.]
[License to Peter Pearse, Feb. 3, 1789, to sell real estate.]
JOHN FLETCHER 1765 NEW IPSWICH
[Administration on the estate of John Fletcher of New Ips-
wich, yeoman, granted to William Hodgkins March 2, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 390.]
[Bond of William Hodgkins of Fitchburg, ]\Iass., with John
Hale and Benjamin Abbott, gentleman, both of Hollis, as sure-
ties, in the sum of £500, March 2, 1765, for the administration
of the estate; witnesses, Abel Webster, Samuel Hobart.]
JOHN CARSON 1765 NEW BOSTON
In the Name of God Amen I John Carson of New Boston
in the Province of Newhamp^ Yeoman Being Sensionble of my
Approaching Dissolution * * *
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Itim I Give & Bequeath unto my Two Sons John & Simon
Two Hundred acres of my homsted in Newboston aforesaid with
all the Improvements & Buildings on the same to hold the same
in severalty in Equal propotion
Itim My will is and I Give unto my two Daughters viz* Sarah
& Margret fifty acres of Land to be Laid of on the North End of
my said Homestead with all my Lands in Hillsborough, so
Called, to hold s"^ Land in severalty in Equal propotion —
Item my will is that if any of my said Children shall die Before
they Come to the age of Twenty one years or Before they have
Lawfull Esue that there part or parts potion or potions be
Equally Divided Between all the Surviveing Children
Item my will is and I do hereby Constitute ordain and make
my well Beloved Frinds viz* William Carson William M^^Questen
Ju" & David Lewis Executors to this my Last will & testament
Ratifying & Confirming whatsoever is aforewritten In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Sixth day of
March in the fifth year of his Majistys Reign Anno Domini
1765
John Carson
[Witnesses] John ^NI'^Quig, John X M'=Questen, James Lender-
wood.
[Proved June 14, 1765.]
[Inventory, June 20, 1765; amount, £5723. 13. 6; signed by
John Smith and John Cochran.]
[Guardianship of John Carson, Sarah Carson, Simon Carson,
and Margaret Carson, minors, children of John Carson, granted
to William Carson of Lyndeborough, yeoman, Oct. 25, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 171.]
[Bond of William Carson of Lyndeborough and William
McQuesten, Jr., of Litchfield, yeomen, with William Read,
gentleman, and James Underwood, both of Litchfield, as sure-
ties, in the sum of £500, Oct. 25, 1765, for the guardianship of
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John Carson, Sarah Carson, Simon Carson, anrl Margaret
Carson; witnesses, Samuel Cotton, Klizahcth Cotton.]
[Guardianship of John Carson, son of John Carson, granted
to William McQuesten Sept. 23, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 402.]
[Bond of William McQuesten, Jr., of Litrhlield. yeoman, with
Nathan Kendall of Litchfield and John Senter of Londonderry,
yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Sept. 23, 1766, for the
guardianship of John Carson, minor, aged more than 14 years;
witnesses, James Kelly, Samuel Hobart.]
DANIEL NORTON 1765 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Daniel Norton of Ports-
mouth, mariner, granted to Joseph Norton March 8, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 399.]
[Bond of Joseph Norton of Chester, with John Higgins and
William Cate, Jr., both of Greenland, yeomen, as sureties, in
the sum of £5000, March 8, 1765, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, William Vaughan, Matthew Stanley Parker.]
[Warrant, March 8, 1765, authorizing Eleazer Cate and Sam-
uel Whidden, both of Greenland, yeomen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, May 29, 1765; amount, £1025. o. o; signed by
Eleazer Cate and Samuel Whidden.]
[Order of court, Jan. 12, 1773, putting the administrator's
bond in suit.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £161. 6. 3; expendi-
tures, £13. 8. o; allowed April i, I773-]
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MARY STEVENS 1765 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen. This Twenty third day of March
Anno Domini 1765. I Mary Stevens of Portsmouth In the
Province of New Hampshire widow — being Sick & weak of
body * * *
Imprimis I Give and bequeath to my Son Nathaniel Doe five
Shillings new Tenor in full of his Portion of my Estate.
Item I Give and bequeath to my Son Zebulon Doe five Shil-
lings new Tenor in full of his Portion of my Estate —
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Mary Swett the
wife of Cap* Jonathan Swett five Shillings new Tenor in full of
her Portion of my Estate —
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Frost,
widow of Cap' Samuel Frost Deceas'd five Shillings new Tenor
in full of her Portion of my Estate —
Item In Consideration of the Kindness and Care, that my
Son in Law James Stoodly and my Daughter Elizabeth Stoodly
his wife have had & Taken of me & Towards me I do hereby
Give Devise & bequeath to him the Said James Stoodly his
heirs & assigns Forever All the Estate Real & Personal whatso-
ever & wheresoever not herein before Dispos'd of That I Shall
be possess'd of and All Debts, Rents, Profits & Incomes that
Shall be due, owing, payable or Coming to me at the time of my
Decease —
Item I do hereby order and It is my Will that my Executor
hereafter named Do in Convenient time after my Decease Sell
& Convey my Negro Woman Slave Named Flora, and also her
Child named Alice, to Some Person or Persons In the County of
Essex (if they will Purchase them), and that the Money raised
thereby be apply'd to the use of My Said Son James Stoodly, to
Enable him to pay my Just Debts, Legacies & funeral Charges
— And I do hereby Constitute Ordain & Appoint the Said
James Stoodly Sole Executor * * *
Mary Stevens
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[Witnesses] Elisabeth Hart, Isaac Tucker, R<i Kmery, Noah
Emery.
[Proved June 22, 1765.]
DELIVERANCE DAVIS 1765 DURHAM
[Administration on the estate of Deliverance Davis of Dur-
ham granted to Moses Davis of Durham March 28, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 395.]
[Bond of Moses Davis, yeoman, with Hercules Mooney,
gentleman, and Eliphalet Daniel as sureties, all of Portsmouth,
in the sum of £500, March 28, 1765, for the administration of the
estate of Deliverance Davis, his mother; witnesses, William
Parker, David Sewall.]
JOSEPH WENTWORTH 1765 SOMERSWORTH
[Administration on the estate of Joseph Wentworth of Somers-
worth, yeoman, granted to Thomas VVestbrook Waldron of
Dover April 2, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 411.]
[Bond of Thomas Westbrook Waldron, gentleman, with Dud-
ley Watson, gentleman, and Moses Ham, tailor, as sureties, all
of Dover, in the sum of £500, April 2, 1765, for the administra-
tion of the estate; witnesses, John Parshley, Thomas Home.]
[Warrant, April 2, 1765, authorizing John Wentworth and
Samuel Austin, yeoman, both of Somersworth, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, April 16, 1765; amount, £10,011. 10. o; signed by
John Wentworth and Samuel Austin.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 457.)
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[Warrant, April 23, 1767, authorizing Moses Carr, physician,
Moses Stevens, tanner, Daniel Hanson, Samuel Randall, yeo-
men, all of Somersworth, and Joshua Wingate of Dover, gentle-
man, to set off the widow's dower.]
Province of \ We the Subscribers being appointed by the
New Hamps'" / Hon^'^ John winthworth Esq'' Judge of the
Probate of wills for Said Province to Set of one third part of
the Rale Estate of Joseph Winthworth Late of Summersworth
Deces'^ to his widow Rachell Wenthworth we have Done the
Same in the following form viz —
Begining at the Southerly Side of the Road that Leads to the
Great falls so Cold by Benj^ Wenthworth Land Runing by S"*
Benj^ Land South South East forty Seven Rods then Runing
Noth Sixty Seven Degrees East Thirty Tow Rods then Runing
Nor Nor west to the afores*^ Road then Runing by S'* Road to
the first Bounds Containing about Nine acres and all the Land
Lying on the North Side of the afores*^ Road Containing Eight
acres and one third Part of the Priviledge and mills that her
Husband Died sesd of together with the East Eand of the Dwell-
ing House and seller for her Third Part in the afores'* Estate and
as the Dwelling House Stands on the widow Rachels Land She
is not to Debare the owner of the other part of s'^ House from
Enjoying his Part in S*^ House as Long as it is standing which is
Humbly Submited by us acording to the best of our Judgment.
Sommersworth May 18*^ 1767 —
Moses Carr
Daniel Hanson
Joshua Wingate ,
Committee
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £10,386. 10. 9; ex-
penditures, £6281. 18. 6; allowed March 23, 1768.]
[Settlement of claims against the estate; amount of claims,
£426. II. 8; amount distributed, £205. 4. 7>^; allowed April 11,
1768.]
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JOHN BROWN 1765 NEW IPSWICH
[Administration on the estate of John Brown of New Ipswich
granted to his son, John Brown, April 5, 1 765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 458.]
[Bond of John Brown, yeoman, with Rcuhen Kidder and
Isaac Appleton, yeoman, as sureties, all of New Ipswich, in the
sum of £500, April 5, 1765, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Edmund Bryant, Joseph Richardson.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £17. 9. 3, personal
estate; expenditures, £104. 12. 11 ; mentions "Clothing cS: Main-
tain« Susannah Daughter of the Deceas'' one year & four Month
till she was seven years. . . . Ditto Peter & Sybel being Twins
three years & Eight months .... Ditto Sarah five years & Eight
Months " ; allowed Nov. 7, 1 765.]
[Warrant, Nov. 22, 1765, authorizing Benjamin Hoar, Jonas
Woolson, gentlemen, and Ephraim Adams, yeoman, all of New
Ipswich, to divide the real estate.]
[Inventory of real estate, Nov. 25, 1765; amount, £96. 13. 4;
signed by Benjamin Hoar, Jonas Woolson, and Ephraim Adams.]
[Mary Brown, widow, consents, Nov. 25, 1765, to the settle-
ment of the whole of the real estate of her husband on her oldest
son, John Brown, administrator; witness, Nathaniel Stone.]
[Order of court, April 25, 1766, settling the real estate on the
oldest son, John Brown, the commissioners advising against
division among the eight children, and the widow waiving her
right of dower.]
[Bond of John Brown, yeoman, with Ephraim Adams and
Benjamin Adams, gentlemen, as sureties, all of New Ipswich, in
the sum of £200, April 25, 1766, to pay the other children their
shares; witnesses, Peter Fletcher, Amos Emery.]
[Additional account of the administrator; receipts, £92. 15. 4;
expenditures the same; filed April 25, 1766.]
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NATHANIEL HOLMES 1765 LONDONDERRY
[Administration on the estate of Nathaniel Holmes of Lon-
donderry, yeoman, granted to Elizabeth Holmes and Robert
Moore April 15, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 557.]
[Bond of Elizabeth Holmes, widow, and Robert Moore, yeo-
man, with Stephen Holland and Daniel McNeil, yeoman, as
sureties, all of Londonderry, in the sum of £500, April 15, 1765,
for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Thomas Flagg,
Samuel Hobart, Robert Wallace.]
[Inventory, May 8, 1765; amount, £4453. 11. o; signed by
James Ewins and John Aiken.]
[Account of the administrators; receipts, £350. 14. oj^; ex-
penditures, £34. 15. 6; allowed Oct. 30, 1765.]
By virtue of an order from the Hon^'« Samuel Tenney Esq'
Judge of Probate &c. to us directed Empowering us to make a
Division and to set off by metes & bounds to Elizabeth Duncan
widow her Dower which happens to her of her former husband
Nathaniel Holms late of Londonderry Dec"^ who Died Intestate
the which we have done as followeth viz —
A Parcel of Arable & mowing land with the orchard thereon
That is bounded as follows Beginning at the South Easterly
Corner of the Barn now standing on the s^ original farm of the
s*^ Dec* Then runing South Thirty three degrees East to a stake
and stones on the line of Capt W"" Danforths land then North
easterly by s"^ Danforths land to the high way then north wes-
terly by the highway and the fence as it now stands round to the
bound first mentioned containing about four acres
As also a piece of meadow lying in Beaver Brook meadow —
So Called — between M" Davidsons and John Andersons That is
bounded as follows viz Beginning at a stake and stones standing
on the line of Cap* Danforths land then South Easterly by the
line of the s"* John Andersons meadow to a large Island in s**
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meadow then northeasterly bounding on the upland t(j the
corner of the s^ M" Davidsons meadow then North westerly by
the s'^ Davidsons meadow to the upland then to the bound first
mentioned containing two acres be the same more or less —
As also another piece of Pasture &c Beginning at a stake and
stones on the line of Daniel Aikens land then south westerly by
s** Aikens land about forty rods to a stake on the corner of L*
W"" Wallaces land then south forty seven degrees Easterly by
s'^ Wallaces land about Eighty rods to the high way then north
Easterly about thirty rods by the s^ high way to a stake then
North Thirty Eight degrees westerly Eighty rods to the bound
first mentioned contain about Eighteen acres —
As also another piece of woodland Beginning at a stake stand-
ing on the high way leading towards Chester on the line of John
& Peter Cochrans land then South Twenty Seven degrees East
fifty six rods by s^ Cochrans land to a stake by M" Boyes
meadow then north East three rods to a stake then North twenty
seven degrees west to the aforesaid high way then to the bound
first mentioned containing one acre —
Together with the east end of the dwelling house viz the lower
room celler and chamber with so much of y^ Entry &c. standing
now on s*^ farm together with all the other previledges necessary
for the full occupation of the same — As also the South scafold
in the Barn with the tye up under it together with y" use of the
Barn floor and barn yard so far as necessary
As witness our hands at Londonderry this 27"* day of Nov'
1795 —
John Bell
John Miltimor
Joseph Gregg
John Morrison
David Patterson
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SAMUEL TODD 1765 PETERBOROUGH
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Todd of Peterbor-
ough, yeoman, granted to Alexander Todd April 16, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 140.]
[Bond of Alexander Todd, yeoman, with Andrew Todd and
George Cochran, yeoman, as sureties, all of Londonderry, in the
sum of £500, April 16, 1765, for the administration of the es-
tate ; witnesses, John Bell, Andrew Todd.]
[Warrant, April 16, 1765, authorizing Thomas Morrison and
William Smith, both of Peterborough, gentlemen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, April 18, 1765; amount, £5120. 11. o; signed by
Thomas Morrison and William Smith.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £112. 10. 6; expendi-
tures, £92. 7. 9^; allowed Dec. 26, 1770.]
By order of the Honourable Phillips White Esq'' Judge of
Probate of wills &c dated february 26*^ 1777 ordering and direct-
ing us by metes and bounds to sett off and ascertain the thirds of
right belonging to Ann Clark formerly widow of Samuel Todd
Late of Peterborough Deceased having viewed the farm and
Lands of s*^ Deces'^ do mete and bound off for s"^ Ann Clark as
follows viz begining at the Corner of the Stone wall on the
South side of the road which Leads from Samuel Moors east on
the Line between s*^ moor farm and s'^ Todds thence runing east
14 rods to a stake and stones thence south 52 rods to a Stake and
Stones thence west 14 rods to a heap of stones thence north to
the bound first mentioned the afs^ for mowing and Plowing and
for further accommodation do mete and bound as follows be-
gining at the South east Corner of the afs<^ Discribed percell of
Land and from thence south 30 rods to a Stake and Stones from
thence west 15 degrees south to the west Line of s** farm from
thence Northwardly 30 rods thence east 15 degrees North to the
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bounds first mentioned this as plowinj? and mowing and as to
pasture we do mete and hound as fc^llows viz Ijc^dnin^ on the
west Line of s<i farm and the east Line of moors Land across the
road North of the first mentioned hounds and from thence east
47 rods to a stake and stones thence North 4 rods to a stake and
stones thence east 10 degrees North to the North west corner of
the barn then North 16 degrees east to the North Line of s"*
farm and Said Ann Clark to have one third of the barn viz the
South west Corner of s-^ barn given under our hands Peterbor-
ough march 20''' 1777
John Swan
John Smith
George M''riourg
Isaac iMitchel
Sam' Cuningham
[Additional account of the administrator; receipts, £69. 8. 8;^ 4 ;
expenditures, £88. 4. 7; allowed Sept. 27, 1780.]
Agreeable to a warrant Directed to us by the hon''''' Phillijis
white Esq^ Judge of Probate of wills for the County of Rocking-
ham in the state of Newhampshire for the dividing the farm of
Samuel Todd Late of Peterborough in the County of Hills-
borough Deceas"^ do mete and bound and divid the afs^ farm
and real estate as follows viz the whole being bounded as will
appear by the Plan and is said to Contain 225 acres of Land the
widows thirds marked 0:0:0:0:0:0 the other Shares is marked
with Letters and numbred to the Numbers 1-4 and 5 the meedow
Land on the west belonging to each of these Numbers is the
Same Letters and Numbers and each division of Land contains
the Number of acres Specified within each division — further-
more we allot and order that the house and two thirds of the
barn be annexed to and included in the property of the division
marked B : N° i
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Given under our hands at Peterborough June y^ 27*^^ 1780
John Young
Henry Farguson
Charles Stuart
Adams gragg
7Z 100 Tad.
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ANDREW BRYANT
1765
PLAISTOW
In the Name of God Amen the Sevententh Day of April Ano
Dommini 1765 I Andrew Bryent of Plasstow in the Province of
New Hampshire in New England yeoman being Very Sick &
weak in Body * * *
first I Give and bequeath to Elizabeth my Dearly beloved
wife the Improvement of one Third Part of my Real Estate
Dureing her Natural Life with the whole of my Houshold Stuf
Dureing Said term and allso my Executor hereafter Named to
Provide her Suficient firewood Dureing the time She Lives my
widow
Allso I Give to my well beloved Son William Bryent Three
Spanish mill'^ Dollars within three years after my Decease to be
paid by my Execcutor hereafter Namd
Allso I Give to my well beloved Son Mathew Bryent one
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Spanish milld Dollar within three years after my Decasc to i>e
paid by my Execcutor herafter named
Allso I Give to my well Beloved Daughter Elizabeth Bryent
fifty Spanish milld Dollars and one Cow in one year after my
Decease & allso all my Household goods after her mothers
Decease to be paid by my Execcutor hereafter Named
Allso I Give to my well beloved Son andrew Bryent my fifty
acre Lot in Starks Town So Called and all the Undivided Land
belonging to Said Right and allso a Pair of two year old Steers &
Three yews and thre Lambs at my Decease and all my wearing
apparel at the above Said Term and allso Eighty three Spanish
milld Dollars when he arives at the age of Twenty one years to
be Paid by my Executor herafter Named
Allso I Give to my well beloved Son David Bryent whom I
Likewise Constitute make and ordain my Sole Execcutor of this
my Last will and Testament all my Estate both Reall and
Persoall Exept what is above Disposed of freely to be Poscsed
and Enjoyd & my Execcutor afforsaid is to Pay all my just
Debts and funerall Charges * * *
Andrew bryent
[Witnesses] Jonathan Kimball, Benjamin Clement, Nath"
Rolfe.
[Proved May 15, 1765.]
[Inventory, May 15, 1765; amount, £3814. 0. o; signed by
Jonathan Kimball and Benjamin Clement.]
TRUEWORTHY GILMAN 1765 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of Trueworthy Gilman of
Exeter, gentleman, granted to his son, Trueworthy Gilman,
April 24, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 446.]
[Bond of Trueworthy Gilman, Jr., of Exeter, with Stephen
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Thing of Exeter and Henry Clark of Epping, yeomen, as sure-
ties, in the sum of £10,000, April 24, 1765, for the administration
of the estate of Trueworthy Gilman of Exeter, gentleman;
witness, William Vaughan.]
[Warrant, April 24, 1765, authorizing Jonathan Gilman,
gentleman, and Stephen Thing, yeoman, both of Exeter, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, July 25, 1765; amount, £12,401, o. o; signed by
Jonathan Gilman and Stephen Thing.]
Province of \ Pursuant to a Warrant to us Directed to
New Hampshire / Divide the Real Estate of Trueworthy
Gilman late of Exeter in Said Province Gentleman Deceas'd
among the Children of Said Deceas'd bearing Date the 24*'^ day
of October 1 765 — We have Accordingly Divided the Said
Real Estate in manner Following viz We have Set off to True-
worthy Gilman the Eldest Son of the Said Deceas'd, about
Three acres of Land part of the Homestead of Said Deceas'd
bounded as Follows viz begining at the Highway leading to the
little river at the Northwesterly Corner of about five Acres of
Land belonging to Coll' Daniel Gilman, & from thence to run
Westerly by Said Highway Twelve rods & Twenty one Inches,
and from thence South Twenty three Degrees East a Parralel
line with the westerly Side line of the Said CoP Daniel Gilman's
Said Land about forty rods till it Comes to the Land of ColP
Samuel Gilman. — And also about fifty Six acres of Land in
Said Exeter Called the Hill Pasture bounded as follows viz
begining at the Northwesterly Corner of Twelve acres of Land
which the Said Trueworthy as Administrator of the Said De-
ceas'd Sold to his brother Daniel Gilman at the highway, and
from thence runing South Westerly by Said highway to Land of
Thomas Odiorne, & then bounding Southerly by Said Odiorne's
Land & by land of John Glidden till it Comes to the Great river
and then bounding by the Said river till it Comes to land of
Cap* John Odlin, and then to run North about Ten Degrees
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East by Said Odlin's Land till it Comes to the South Easterly
Corner of the Twelve Acres aforesaid and fn^m thence by the
Said Twelve Acres on a Strait line to the bounds be^^un at —
And also a Small Neck of Land or Peninsula in Exeter aforesaid,
lying on the Southerly Side of Said river Containing about Two
Acres and a quarter bounded Southwesterly by Land of Cap'
Nicholas Oilman and on all other parts by the Said River, All
the Said Premisses being the full Double Share of the Said True-
worthy (the Eldest Son) of & in the said Real Estate To Hold
to him in Severalty forever —
And to Daniel Oilman the Second Son of the Said Deceas'd
We have Sett off for his Single Share of said Real Estate about
Two Acres and a quarter of Land being part of the Said Home-
stead with the mansion house & Barn & all other Buildings
thereon, bounded As follows viz Begining at the highway, at the
Northwesterly Corner of ColP Samuel Oilman's Home place and
from thence to run by the Said Highway Sixteen rods to a Stake
& Stones, & from thence to run South Twenty three Degrees
East till it Comes to ColP Samuel Oilman's Land, & then
Bounding Easterly & Northerly by the Said Coll' Samuel Gil-
man's Land to the bounds begun at — And Also About Three
acres & an half & Seventeen rods of Land being part of the Said
Homestead bounded as follows viz begining at the North-
westerly Corner of the aforesaid Three Acres Sett off to the Said
Trueworthy, at the Highway leading to the little river aforesaid
and from thence to run Sixteen rods & a quarter by Said high-
way Southwesterly, and then to Extend back South Twenty
three Degrees East Carrying that width till it Comes to Land of
ColP Samuel Oilman which Premisses we Sett off to the Said
Daniel the Second Son of Said Deceas'd as his Single share of
the Said Real Estate To Hold to him in Severalty Forever —
And to Nicholas the Youngest Son of Said Deceas'd we have
Set off for his Single share of the said Real Estate about Three
acres of Land part of the Said Homestead bounded as follows
viz Begining at the North West Corner of the Two Acres & a
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quarter of Land herein before Sett off to Daniel, and at the high-
way, & from thence to run Westerly by Said Highway Eleven
rods to land of Christopher Rymes then South Twenty three
Degrees East fifteen rods, then South Sixty Eight Degrees West
Eight rods, Then South Twenty three Degrees East till it Comes
to ColP Samuel Gilman's land, then runing Easterly by Said
ColU Samuel Gilman's Land till it Comes to the aforesaid Two
Acres & a quarter of Land Sett off to the Said Daniel (the
Second Son) Then on a Strait line to the bounds begun at —
And Also about Twenty acres of Land Part of the Said Home-
stead bounded as Follows viz begining at the Northwest Corner
of the three acres <Sr an half & Seventeen rods of Land aforesaid
Set off to Daniel the Second Son at the highway leading to Little
river aforesaid, & from thence runing by Said Way South
Westerly to the Said river Thence bounding by Said river till it
Comes to Land of ColP Samuel Oilman & then by Said CoP
Samuel Gilman's Land Easterly to the Said Daniel Gilman's
Land and thence on a Strait line to the bounds Begun at which
Premisses we have Sett off to the Said Nicholas for his Single
share of & in the Said Real Estate To hold to him in Severalty
Forever — -
Done at Exeter this Twenty Second day of April Anno
Domini 1766. —
John Odlin
Jon^ Gilman
Nathii Folsom
Stephen Thing
John Dudley
[Guardianship of Nicholas Gilman, minor, less than 14 years
old, son of Trueworthy Gilman of Exeter, granted to John Ayer
Sept. 28, 1767.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Records, vol. 344, p. 196.]
[Bond of John Ayer of Haverhill, Mass., tanner, with James
Brickett of Haverhill, Alass., physician, and Jeremiah Searle of
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I Rowley, Mass., yeoman, as sureties, in tiie sum of Xiooo, Sept.
128, 1767, for the guardianship of Nicholas Oilman; witnesses,
I Samuel Rogers and Daniel Rogers.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files.]
JOHN HEARD 1765 DOVKR
[Administration on the estate of John Heard of Dover granted
to his son, John Heard, April 24, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 410.]
[Bond of John Heard, yeoman, with Elijah Estes and Thomas
Young, yeomen, as sureties, all of Dover, in the sum of £20,000,
April 24, 1765, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
Thomas French, William Vaughan.]
[Warrant, April 24, 1765, authorizing Richard Waldron and
Jacob Sawyer, gentlemen, both of Dover, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, July 29, 1765; amount, £7239. 10. o; signed by
Richard Waldron and Jacob Sawyer.]
JAMES GRAVES 1765 SOUTH HAMPTON
In the Name of God Amen I James Graves of South Hampton
In the Province of New Hampshire In New England Husband
man Being under Bodily W^eakness * * *
Imprimis My Will is That my Loving Wife Sarah Graves
Whome I Shall Here after appoint In this my will to be my
Exciettrix my will is that She Payes all my just Debts and my
Funeral Charges out of what is Here after Given her
2ly I Give and Bequeath to my Loving wife Sarah Graves
the use and Improvement of all my Lands In South Hampton
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and Kingstown and all my Stock of Cattel and Horses and Sheep
and Swine and all my Towls of Husbendry and Houshold Goods
as Long as She Remainds my widow and my will is that my
Son David Graves Carryes on S*^ Lands for Her and have one
Quarter Part of the Profits of the Same for Carrying on S"^ Lands
and She to have the other three Quarters to Support her Self
and To bring up my Children and to Pay the above Said Debts f
and Charges and In Case She Should be married to another man
then to aquite the above Said Lands and Have one Cow and Six
Sheep and Five Hundred Pounds old Tenor Hampshire money
out of s*^ Estate —
3ly I Give to my Son David Graves one Quarter Part of
my Land in South Hampton and Kingstown after the Deceas
of his Honoured mother or her being married to another man to
him and his Heirs and assigns In fee Simple for Ever —
4ly I Give to my Daughter Olive Clough the Wife of Ben-
jamin Clough Five Pounds old Tenor Hampshire money after
my Deceas this I Give to her and her Heirs and assigns for
Ever —
5ly I Give to my Son Samuel Grave Five Pounds old Tenor
Hampshire money at the age of twenty one years this I Give
to him and his Heirs and assigns for Ever —
61y I Give to my Son William Graves Five Pounds old tenor
Hampshire money at the age of twenty one years this I Give to
him and his Heirs and assigns for Ever —
7ly I Give to my Son James Graves Five Pounds old tenor
Hampshire money at the age of twenty one years this I Give
to him and his Heirs and assigns for Ever —
Sly I Give to my Daughter Hannah Graves Five Pounds old
Tenor Hamp"" money at the age of Eighteen Years this I Give to
her and to Heirs and assigns for Ever —
9ly I Give to my Son Phinias Graves Five Pounds old Tenor
Hamp"" money at the age of Twenty one years this I Give to
him and to his Heirs and assigns for Ever —
loly I Give to my Daughter Sarah Graves Five Pounds old
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Tenor Hamp^ money at the age of Eighteen years this I (Vwc
to her and to her Hirs and assigns for Ever —
Illy I Give to my Daughter Abigail Graves Five Pounds old
tenor Hamp' money at the age of Eighteen years this I Give to
her and to her Heirs and assigns for Ever —
I2ly I Give to my Daughter Martha Graves five Pounds old
tenor Hamp"^ money at the age of Eighteen years this I Give to
her and to her Heirs and assigns for Ever —
I3ly I Give to my Daughter Lydia Graves five Pound old
Tenor Hamp-- money at the age of Eighteen years this I Give to
her and to her Heirs and assigns for Ever —
I4ly I Give to my Daughter Lusea Graves Five Pounds old
tenor Hamp^ money at the age of Eightcn years this I Give to
her and to her Heirs and assigns for Ever
I5ly I Give to my Daughter Molley Graves Five Pound old
Tenor Hamp"^ money at the age of Eighteen years this I Give to
her and to her Heirs and assigns for Ever
16 I Give and Bequeath to my Loving Wife Sarah Graves
the use and Improvement of my Salt marsh Laying In South
Hampton afor Said as Long as She Remains my widow and my
Son David to Carry it on for her as he Does the before mention**
Lands
lyly I Give to my Son James Graves two Halfe Rights of
Land In Hales Town at the age of Twenty one years the Charges
to be Paid by my Exieuietrix till he arives to the age of twenty
one this I Give to him and to his Heirs and assigns In fee Simple
for Ever —
I Sly I Give to my Son Phinias Graves A Right In Worren
town at the age of Twenty one years the Charges to be Paid by
my Excetrix Till he arives to the age of twenty one this I Give to
him and to his Heirs and assigns In fee Simple for Evere —
I9ly my will is that all my on Dispossed Estate be Eacquilly
Divided amongest my Children after the Deceas of there
Honnoured mother or Her Being married to another man —
Finally I Do make ordain and Constitute my Loving Wife
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to be Exceuterix of this my Last will and Testement In Witness
where of I Do here unto Set my hand and Seal this twenty
fourth Day of April Annoq Domini one thousand Seven Hundred
Sixty Five and in the Fifth year of the Reign of George the third
King over Great Britain &c
James Graves
[Witnesses] Stephen Rogers, Rich*^ Collins, Micajah Morrill.
[Proved June 26, 1765,]
[Warrant, June 26, 1765, authorizing Stephen Rogers and
Micajah Morrill, both of South Hampton, yeomen, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, July 9, 1765; amount, £15,792. 18. 8; signed by
Stephen Rogers and Micajah Morrill.]
[Phineas Graves, minor, aged more than 14 years, son of
James Graves, makes choice of William Graves of South Hamp-
ton, blacksmith, as his guardian April 22, 1769; witnesses, David
Graves, William Parker, Jr.]
[Bond of William Graves, with David Graves as surety, both
of South Hampton, in the sum of £200, April 22, 1769, for the
guardianship of Phineas Graves; witnesses, Jonathan Greeley,
Jr., William Parker, Jr.]
[Petition of Sarah Graves for a division of the real estate
among the children, reserving her dower, dated South Hampton,
Oct. 27, 1773. David Graves, William Graves, Olive Clough,
Phineas Graves, and Hannah Gooding, children of the deceased,
join in the petition.]
I
GERSHOM BARTLETT 1765 NEWTON
[Administration on the estate of Gershom Bartlett of Newton,
yeoman, granted to his widow, Elizabeth Bartlett, April 24, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 526.]
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[Bond of Elizabeth Bartlett, with Jonathan Eames, gentle-
man, and David Sargent, yeoman, as sureties, all of Xewlon.
in the sum of £10,000, April 24, 1765, for the administration of
the estate; witnesses, Joshua Wingate, William Rowell.]
[Inventory, May 29, 1765; amount, £1071. 18. o; signed by
Jonathan Ferrin, William Rowell, and David Bagley.]
[Citation to the administratrix, July 26, 1769, to render an
account of the estate.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £254. 2. 4 '4; ex-
penditures the same; mentions "Support of one child, named
Abigail 3 Years, being 4 Years at her Fathers Death. ... for
Gershom 5 Years, he being two Years, at his Fathers Death.
... for Jonathan, now 4 Years, being born two months & half
after his Fathers Death"; allowed Aug. 31, 1769.]
[Additional account; receipts, £100. o. o; expenditures, £168.
2. 10; allowed Jan. 31, 1775.]
AMOS RICHARDSON 1765 PELHAM
In the Name of God, Amen, I Amos Richardson of Pellham,
In the Province of New Hampshire Physician Being Very Sick &
Weak in Body * * *
Imprimis I Give & Bequeath To mary my Dearely Belo\'ed
wife the use & Improvement of one third part of all my Lands
and allso the use and Improvement of one third part of my old
Dwelling Hous and y^ use of one third part of the new End
adjoyning to y^ S'^ old House and y^ Easterly third part of my
Barn for her to use & Improve Dureing her nattureal Life: (But
She is not to Sell Let or Dispose of S'* Buildings or to Take any
Family or person Into them or any part of them without my
Sons Consent). I allso Give and Bequeath to her my said wife
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one Cow and three Sheep: (the s*^ Cow to be the same that is
Called her Cow) : I allso Give to her the S*^ Mary one third part of
all my Household Goods to be at her Dispose without Controle.
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Richardson
Twenty five pounds Sterling money of Great Britain to be paid
to her by my Executors the one Halfe thereof In one year the
other Halfe In Two years after my Decease. I allso Give to her
my S** Daughter Two third parts of all my Household Goods of
Every Sort & Denomination; and allso a Liberty to Dwell In
my s<^ Dwelling House So Long as Shee Shall Remain Single and
a Sofitiancy of Fire Wood for her use for her Fire from Time to
Time to be provided for & Delivered to her by my Executors
Dureing S'^ Term.
Item I Give and Bequeath To my Two Sons namely Eri
Richardson, and Joseph Richardson (whom I allso Constitute
make & ordain my Executors of this my Last Will and Testa-
ment) and to their Heirs and assignes For Ever all the Remainder
of my Estate Both Real and Personal Wheresoever and Howso-
ever the Same Shall or may be Found : (they paying all my Just
Debts Funiral Charge and the Legacys mentioned in this Will)
To be Equally Divided Between them y^ s'^ Eri and Joseph, and
their Heirs and assigns.
Item I Give to my Servant Boy namely Tho^ Knowton a pare
of Steers of one year old when he Shall arive to y^ age of Twenty
one years to be Delivered by my Executor if he Shall Well and
Truely Serv^e till that Time. * * *
In Wittness Whereof I the Said Amos Richardson Have
Hereunto Set my hand & Seal this Twenty Sixth Day of April
In the Fifth year of his Majisty's Reign Annoqu Domini; 1765.
Amos Richardson
[Witnesses] Samuel Butler, Benj^ Barker, Caleb Butler.
[Proved May 28, 1766.]
[Inventory, May 26, 1766; amount, £318. 13. o; signed by
Samuel Butler and Caleb Butler.]
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JOHN GREEN 1765 HAMPTON I-ALLS
[Administration on the estate of John Green of Hampton
Falls, yeoman, granted to Dudley Sanborn, May 22, 1765.)
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 459.]
[Bond of Dudley Sanborn, yeoman, with Mesheeh Weare and
Richard Nason as sureties, all of Hampton Falls, in the sum of
£10,000, May 22, 1765, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker, William Vaughan.]
[Warrant, May 22, 1765, authorizing Richard Nason and John
Tilton, gentleman, both of Hampton Falls, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, June 20, 1765; amount, £2304. 9. o; signed by
Richard Nason and John Tilton.]
[Warrant, Aug. 29, 1765, authorizing Richard Nason and John
Tilton to receive claims against the estate.]
[List of claims, attested March 11, 1766; amount, £173. 17. 6;
signed by Richard Nason and John Tilton.]
[Petition of Christopher Toppan, creditor, July 10, 1772, to
put the administrator's bond in suit.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £172. 16. 8; amount
distributed, £60. 5. 11; allowed July 27, 1772.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £115. 14. 5K; ex-
penditures, £55. 8. 6>^; mentions a widow; allowed July 27,
1772.]
JONATHAN CHESLEY 1765 DURHAM
In The name of god amen, this Twenty fourth Day of may an-
noque Domini 1765 I Jonathan Chesly of Durham in the prov-
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ince of newhampshire yeoman Being Sick and Indisposed in
Body * * *
Imprimis. I Give unto my wife mary Chesly the whole
and sole management profit and Income of all my Lands house
Barns Orchards &•= that I have in the Township of Durham and
Parish of Madbury (provided she Lives a widow) untill my Son
Jonathan Comes to the Age of Twenty one years and one Third
of my personal Estate to her and her Disposal i
Item I Give unto my Son Jonathan Chesley Two Thirds of
all my Lands house Barns orchards &"= according to Quantity
and Quality that I have in the Town of Durham and parish of
madbury to be Entered upon by him at the age of Twenty one
years and Remain to him his heirs and assigns forever —
Item I Give unto my Son Samuel Chesley one third part of
all my lands house Barn orchard &" according to Quantity and
Quality that I have in Durham and madbury to be Entered on
by him at the age of Twenty one years and Remain to him his
heirs and assigns forever —
Item I give unto my son Ebenezer Chesley all my Lands in the
Town of Nottingham to him his heirs and assigns forever —
Item I Give unto my Daughter Comfort Chesley Three hun-
dred pounds old Tenor to be paid her at the age of Eighteen
years Two hundred pound by my son Jonathan and one hundred
by my son Samuel in English goods or Boards staves or Shingle
at the market price —
Item it is my will that all my Common or Land not Laid out in
Durham and madbury & all my land in New Durham in the
province afors*^ be sold by my Exec for the payment of my
Debts —
Item I Give my Daughter Lydia Chesley Three hundred
pounds old Tenor To be paid her at the age of Eighteen years
Two hundred by my son Jonathan and one hundred by my Son
samuel in English goods or Boards staves or shingle at the
market price —
I Do Likewise Constitute and appoint my wife mary Chesley
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and Benjamin Chadbourn of berwick in the C'ounty of york in
the province of the massachusetts bay Esq' to be PZxecutrix and
Executor * * *
Jonathan Chesle
[Witnesses] Timothy Emerson, Thomas W'ille, Ebenezer
Thompson
[Proved July 31, 1765.]
[Benjamin Chadbourne declines to act as executor, July 25,
1765.]
[Inventory, Aug. 8, 1765; amount, £22,017. lo- o; signed by
Ebenezer Thompson and Timothy Emerson.]
[Petition of the executrix, April 29, 1767, for license to sell
real estate; license issued April 29, 1767.]
MANN 1765
[Guardianship of Thomas Mann, minor, aged more than 14
years, granted to Adam Dickey May 25, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 250.]
[Bond of Adam Dickey, with George Reid and Matthew
Dickey as sureties, all of Londonderry, in the sum of £500,
May 25, 1765, for the guardianship of Thomas Mann; witnesses,
Samuel Barr, John Nesmith.]
OBADIAH EASTMAN 1765 KINGSTON
[Administration on the estate of Obadiah Eastman of Kings-
ton, yeoman, granted to his widow, Judith Eastman, May 27,
1765-]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 460.]
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[Bond of Judith Eastman, with Thomas Tewksbury and
Jonathan Currier, both of South Hampton, as sureties, amount
not stated. May 27, 1765, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Jeremy Webster, Edward Eastman.]
[Warrant, June 26, 1765, authorizing Jeremy Webster and
Jonathan Blaisdell, yeoman, both of Kingston, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, Jan. 16, I764(?) ; amount, £9443. 17. o; signed by
Jeremy Webster and Jonathan Blaisdell.]
ANTHONY TOWLE 1765 CHESTER
[Administration on the estate of Anthony Towle of Chester,
yeoman, granted to Phineas Towle of Chester May 28, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 460.]
[Bond of John Webster of Chester, with Samuel Hobart of
Hollis and John Giddings, gentleman, as sureties, in the sum of
£500, April 13, 1770, for the administration of the estate of Capt.
Anthony Towle of Chester; witness, John Sherburne.]
[Inventory, April 24, 1770; amount, £168. 13. o; signed by
Samuel Emerson and Samuel Roby.]
[List of claims against the estate, Sept. 20, 1771; amount,.
£159. 18. 9^; signed by Samuel Emerson and Samuel Roby.]
Province of 1 We the Subscribers being appoynted by the
Newhampshire / Hon''^'' Judge of Probate for the Province of
Newhampshire afforsaid to set of to Sarah Towl Widow and
Relict to Cap* Anthony Towl of Chester in ? d Province Deceased
her Right of Dower which falls to her out of the Deceaseds
Estate —
Accordingly we have Set of to her as her Right of Dower
During her Life about 22 acres of Land Laying in the home steed
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where the house stands bounded as followeth (viz) tirsl at a stake
and stones at the westerly corner standing in the corner of the
fence then north East by the High way Eighty Seven Rods to a
stake and stones then South Easterly across said Lots forty two
Rods to a stake and stones by Gidean Rowels Land then by his
Land South west Seventy Eight Rods to a stake and stones then
streight forty two Rods to the first bounds; with the whole of the
house that is on the same, and one third part of the Barn and a
Liberty to pass too and from said barn and lmi)rove it; and thus
we make our Return this 13*^' Day of November 1770
Sam" Emerson
Sam" Robie
John underhill
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £187. 2. 3; expendi-
tures £33. 8. 3; allowed Dec. 20, 1771.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £159. 18. 9^4;
amount distributed, £153. 14. o; allowed Dec. 21, 1771.]
[Bond of Anthony Towle, yeoman, with Josiah Flagg and
Simon Towle, gentleman, as sureties, all of Chester, in the sum
of £1000, Feb. 18, 1793, for the administration de bonis non of
the estate; witness, N. Parker.]
[Inventory, May 18, 1793; amount, £90. 2. o; signed by
Stephen Morse and John S. Dearborn.]
SAMUEL MASON 1765 SOMERSWORTH
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Mason of Somers-
worth, yeoman, granted to his widow, Elizabeth Mason, May
28, 1765.]
[Probate Records, voL 23, p. 459.]
[Bond of Elizabeth Mason, with Moses Paul and Benjamin
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Frost, yeomen, as sureties, all of Somersworth, in the sum of
£10,000, May 28, 1765, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Samuel Parker, William Vaughan.]
ISAAC MILLER 1765 ROCHESTER
[Administration on the estate of Isaac Miller of Rochester,
yeoman, granted to his widow, Mary Miller, May 29, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 459.]
[Bond of Mary Miller, with James Knowles of Rochester and
Benjamin Hayes of Barrington, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of
£500, May 29, 1765, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Joseph Wright, Daniel Beede.]
[Warrant, May 29, 1765, authorizing James Knowles and
Isaac Libby, both of Rochester, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, July 29, 1765; amount, £2968. 6. 10; signed by
Isaac Libby and James Knowles.]
JACOB OILMAN 1765 KINGSTON
[Administration on the estate of Jacob Oilman of Kingston,
yeoman, granted to David Clifford June 5, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 557.]
RICHARD WIBIRD 1765 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I Richard Wibird of Portsmouth
in the Province of New Hampshire Esq'' Being disordered in
Body * * *
Imprim^ I order and direct that my Debts and funeral Charges
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be paid by my Executrix as soon after my Decease as may be
done with Conveniency out of & by the sale of such i)art of my
Estate as she Shall judge proper & hereby give her full power to
Sell any part of my real Estate (my Mansion house excepted) if
necessary to raise money for the payment of said Demands and
the Legacies herein given
Item I Give and Devise to Elizabeth my beloved wife all the
household Goods furniture plate and Apparel which she has
brought to me either at or any time Since our Marriage. I also
give her a pair of Silver Chafing dishes which I have caused to be
made since we were Married and all my Negroes viz Portsmouth
who was her's before Phillis Sylvia & Venus she having had the
Care of bringing them up in my house with my horse and Chaise
all which I give to her to be her absolute property 1 also give her
all my right in any three of the New Townships which she shall
Chuse at any time when she shall judge Proper to dis{)ose of
them to her, her heirs & Assigns — I also give her the use and
Improvement of all my Real Estate in Portsmouth During her
life with a power to Sell my land at Frame Point so called at
Portsmouth afores*^ to raise money to keep the buildings on the
other part of my Estate if she Shall find it necessary and to ap-
ply it accordingly and also the use and Improvement of all my
Personal Estate not herein otherwise disposed of all this dispo-
sition to my Said wife is to be understood of the Estate left after
my Debts Funeral Charges & Legacies are paid I give her also
the use of my Real Estate in Greenland in said Province during
her Life
Item I give & Devise to Richard Weare son of Col° Meshech
Weare one hundred & fifty Acres of my Land in Parry's Town so
called & to his Heirs & assigns
Item I give and Devise to Richard Wibird Penhallow a son of
John Penhallow the right of Land in the Township of Bow that
I have in my own right & to his heirs & assigns
Item I give to Mary Barns who has lived long with me the sum
of One hundred pounds old Tenor to be paid by my Execut" —
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Item I give to the Rev^ M'' Samuel Langdon his heirs & assigns
all my right of Land or the Lots numbered Sixty Eight in that
Tract of Land now commonly called New Durham being a tract
of Land granted by the Proprietors of Masons Patent So called
to Jonathan Chesly and others and if he should Die before me I
Divise the same to his Children Equally Divided & their respec-
tive heirs and assigns —
Lastly I Constitute & appoint my Said Wife Sole Executrix
of this my last will and Testament and give her over & above
what is above given her all Stock of living creatures which I
have in Portsmouth and keep upon my land there
and I hereby Revoke all other wills by me in any manner here-
tofore made In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand &
Seal the ij^^ Day of June 1765
R Wibird
[Witnesses] William Parker, Jonathan Warner, Benj^ Mackay.
[Proved Oct. 12, 1765.]
[Petition of John Penhallow, Feb. 20, 1799, for administration
de bonis non on the estate, stating that his wife was one of the
heirs at law, and that "She conveyed her interest in the estate
to him and died — The Executrix accepted the trust, paid the
demands against the estate and died"; administration granted
the same day.]
[Bond of John Penhallow, with Samuel Penhallow, Jr., and
Benjamin Penhallow, merchants, as sureties, all of Portsmouth,
in the sum of $5000, Feb. 20, 1799, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Richard D. Hart, Nathaniel Parker.]
[Petition of William Cabot of Brookline, Mass., merchant,
and Nathaniel Gookin of Portsmouth, gentleman, for a division
of real estate.]
State of New Hampshire 1 By the honourable Jeremiah
Rockingham ss — J Smith Esquire Judge of Probate
for said County — To John Goddard Isaac Rindge Jeremiah
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Libbey Henry S Langdon & Charles Cutts all of Portsmouth in
: said County Esquires — Greeting —
I You are hereby appointed a Committer' to make Partition of
the following lots and Parcels of Land lately belonging to the
Estate of Richard Wibird Esquire deceased viz. one lot in said
Portsmouth bounded westerly by market Street northerly by
land of William Boyd & Daniel Austin easterly by land of George
Jaffrey Esq^ and Southerly by land of Elijah Hall Jacob Walden
Ed ' John Peirce Henry Haven & Jf)hn Pickering Esq' now oc-
cupied by John Penhallow Esq' half another lot including half
the long wharfe so called bounded Northerly by land sold by
Sloper to Mess" Rich'^ & Tho« Wibird now owned by Mess"
Penhallow & Austin & southerly by land of David Pearse &
extending between their lands from Water Street to the Channel
of Piscataqua River another lot bounded northerly by land of
Cap' James Orne Easterly by Water Street southerly l)y land in
occupation of Jacob Sheafe Esq' & westerly by land of William
Dennet & heirs of Cap*^ Nathaniel Sherburne deceased — An-
other lot situate at the South end in said Portsmouth on the road
leading to little harbour another lot containing about fourteen
Acres bounded Southeasterly by Middle road southwesterly by
land lately belonging to Eleazer Russell Esq' dec' northwesterly
by land of John Haven George Massey Jonath" Clark Jeremiah
Mason & George Jaffrey Esq' & northeasterly by said JafTreys
land all which said lots are situate in said Portsmouth — And
also a farm in Greenland in said County containing about one
hundred & forty Acres of Land now in the Occupation of Eben-
ezer Robinson which said Lots & parcels of land are held by
John Penhallow Esq' Samuel Penhallow jun' John Penhallow
jun' Hunking Penhallow & Benjamin Penhallow Merchants
Daniel Austin merchant & Mary his wife Sarah Penhallow
Singlewoman Thomas Penhallow & Sarah Ann Penhallow minors
under the age of twenty one years all of said Portsmouth
William Cabot of Brooklyne in the County of Suffolk & Cnm-
monwealth of ^Massachusetts Merchant & Nath' Gookin of said
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Portsmouth Gentleman as tenants in Common — and you are
to set off to the said Cabot & Gookin one third thereof to hold
to them in severalty * * *
Dated at Exeter the 28*^ Day of December Anno Domini 1801
By order of the Judge W™ Parker Reg'
Rockingham ss. Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant, We the
Committee therein appointed having Caused all concerned to be
seasonably notified and having heard & considered their Advice
as therein directed, Do make Partition of the Lots and Parcels
of Land described in said Warrant in form following, viz* We
do set off to the said Gookin and Cabot as their Share or One
Third part of said Lots and parcels of Land, The whole of the
Farm in Greenland in said County, now in the Occupation of
Ebenezer Robinson containing about One hundred and forty
Acres of Land more or less, with the Buildings thereon and the
Appurtenances thereof. Also the several Lots and Parcels of
Land following situate in Portsmouth aforesaid to wit. One Lot
of Land lying on the Westerly side of Water Street bounded
Easterly on said Street, Northerly on Land of Cap* James Orne,
Westerly by Land of William Dennet and Others and Southerly
by Land in the Occupation of Jacob Sheaf e, which last men-
tioned Lot has lately been divided into two Lots by a street laid
out through the same — Also one other Lot of Land, lying on the
Road leading to Little Harbor, being in a Triangular form
bounded Westerly on said Road Southerly on Land of Col John
Langdon, and Northeasterly on Land of M"^ Samuel Haven —
and also One other Lot or Parcel of Land being part of the Four-
teen Acres of Land mentioned in said Warrant, bounded as fol-
lows, beginning three hundred feet from the Northeasterly Cor-
ner of Land belonging to the heirs of Eleazer Russell Esq'
deceas'd, on the Road leading to Greenland thence running by
said Road Northerly six hundred & forty feet, thence on a
streight line to the corner of the Field lately Joshua Wentworth
Esq" thence by the Fence or Wall as it now stands, till it comes
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within three hundred feet of said Land oi tlic heirs of said
Russell, thence on a streight Hne to the Bound began at on said
Road, leaving the breadth of three hundred feet, l)etwccn the
Premises set off as aforesaid and the said Land of the said Heirs
of the said Russell, as will appear by a Plan of the whole Premises
herewith exhibited, To have and to hold the said Lots or Parcels
of Land to them the said Gookin and Cabot in severalty as their
full Share or One third part of all the Lots and parcels of Land
lately belonging to the Estate of Richard Wibird Ks(}uire
deceas'd of which We, by said Warrant are Appointed a Commit-
tee to make Partition
Portsmouth March 23'^ 1802
John Goddard
Isaac Rindge
Jeremiah Libbey
H. S. Langdon
Charles Cutts
TTltddU 7?oa.<£
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THOMAS FULLER 1765 SANDOWN
In The name of God aman, this 15*'' day of June 1765 I thomas
Fuller of Sandown in the Province of New Hampshire in New
England Yeoman being in health * * *
Imp's I Give to and Bequeath to my well Beloved Son Benj-
min Fuller his hears & assigns fifteen Pounds in money old tenor
Equel to two Dollers and half to be paid by my Son thomas after
my Diascease he having had a Trade —
Itam I give to my Daughter Rachel welch the wife of abraham
welch fifteen Pounds old tenor Equel to two Dollers and half
to be Paid by my Son thomas She having already had her portion
out of my Estate —
Itam I give and Bequeath to my Belovid Daughter Abagail
now the wife of moses huse fifteen pounds money old tenor
Equel to two Dollers and half to be paid by my Son thomas
She having had her portion out of my Estate —
Itam I Give and Bequeath to my Belovid Daughter Elisabeth
the wife of Jonathan Gooding fifteen Pounds money old tenor
Equal to two Dollers and half to be paid by my Son thomas
She having had her portion out of my Estate —
Itam I give and Bequeath unto my Beloved Daughter anna
the wife of Ebenezer gove the Sum of fifteen pounds old tenor
Equal to two Dollers and half To be paid by my Son thomas
She having had her portion out of my Estate —
Itam I Give and Bequeath to my Belovid Son thomas Fuller
His heirs and assigns for Ever all the homestead which I now
live upon namely all the Land that I now owns in the ninth Lot
in No : in the two hundred acre grants with the house and Barn
and the Corn mill and the twelveth part of the Saw mill and all
the prevelige which I owneth in the Stream and all the Previlege
which belongeth to Said homestead and mills and Likewise I give
to my son thomas all my movebal Estate Such as Catties and
Sheep & Implements for worke &c
Itam I give & Bequeath unto my Beloved Son Chase Fuller
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fifteen Pounds old tenor Equel to two Dollcrs & half 1 hcin^ De-
termined to Put him to a trade —
Itam I Give & Bequeath unto my Son John l-iillcr fifteen
Pounds old tenor Equel to two Dollers and half 1 Hein^ Deter-
mined that he Shall have a trade —
and I Do Further will and ordain that my Son Thomas Pay
The Before mentioned Legacies as Before mentioned and I do
hereby Constitute make & ordain my Said Son thomas tt) be Sole
Executor to this my Last will «& Testament and I Do hereby
order that my Said Executor pay all my honist Debts and Be at
the Cost of my funeral * * *
Thomas Fuller
[Witnesses] Jonathan Collins, Al)ner fellows, Jeremiah Ladd.
[Proved Oct. 29, 1766.]
[Inventory, Nov. 13, 1766; amount, £195. 7. o; sit^ned by
Jonathan Collins and Abner Fellows.]
JOHN SHACKFORD 1765 PORTSMOITH
[Administration on the estate of John Shackford of Ports-
mouth, mariner, granted to his widow, Deborah Shackford,
June 18, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 460.]
[Bond of Deborah Shackford, with Giles Seward and John
Bartlett, mariners, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of
£500, June 18, 1765, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Samuel Marshall, William Parker.]
[Warrant, June 18, 1765, authorizing Samuel Penhallow and
William Knight, both of Portsmouth, merchants, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, Oct. 22, 1765; amount, £229. 9. 6; signed by
Samuel Penhallow and William Knight.]
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JOSEPH SMITH 1765 DURHAM
In the Name of God Amen the Twenty Fifth day of June in the
Year of our Lord God one thousand Seven hundred and Sixty
Five I Joseph Smith of the Town of Durham in the Province of
New Hampshire in New England Esq"" being sick and weak in
Body * * *
Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my dearly beloved wife
Deborah one third part of my real Estate during her Natural
life and also one third part of my personal Estate forever to her
disposing —
Itim I will bequeath and give my Daughters Elizabeth Smith
and Hannah Smith Thirty acres of Land be the Same more or
Less bounding by land of Sarah Mason and also by the Country
road that Leads from Durham Falls to Lampereel river with all
the building and Improvements whatsoever on the said premises
I also give and bequeath my Daughters Eighty acres of Land
near wheelwrights pond in said Durham which I purchased
partly of Hercules Mooney and partly was purchased of James
Davis of said Durham Item I will give and bequeath my said
Daughters Twenty Acres of Land at Follets swamp so Called
in said Durham which I purchas^ of Robert Thomson of Durham
aforesaid it is also my will that the afores'^ Tracts of Land be
Equally Divided between my said Daughters but if my said
Daughters decease without heirs of their own Body or Either of
them then Immediately after their Decease to Decend to my
Sons Samuel Smith Joseph Smith John Smith and Daniel Smith
and their heirs and assigns Equally to be Divided among them —
Item I will bequeath and give my Cousin Joseph Emerson
One hundred Acres of Land near Little river so Called in said
Durham Joyning by land of Ensign Jonathan Thomson and also
by Land of Jonathan Runals it's also my will if said Joseph Emer-
son decease without a Lawful heir begotten of himself that Im-
mediately after his Decease that the said hundred acres of Land
shall Immediately Decend to my said Sons Samuel Joseph John
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and Daniel Equally Divided among them and their heirs —
Item I will bequeath and give my Sons Samuel Smith Joseph
Smith John Smith and Daniel Smith all the rest Residue and
remainder of my Estate whither real or Personal wheresoever and
whatsoever to be Equally Divided among them it's also my will
if Either of my Said Sons Decease before they Come to full Age
that his or their part Immediately after his or their Decease Ije
Equally Divided among my said Sons that is then Living —
I Do hereby Constitute appoint and Ordain my wife Deborah
my Executorix and Daniel Meserve Junier my Executor in
trust * * *
Joseph Smith
[Witnesses] Joseph Atkinson, Lemuel Chesle, Mercules Mooney.
[Proved Aug. 28, 1765.]
[Inventory, attested April 30, 1766; amount, £133,874. 7. o;
signed by Hercules Mooney and Thomas Chesley.]
Province of \ Pursuant to a Warrant from the Hon*"'
Newhampshire / John wentworth Esq^ Judge of the Probate of
wills &c for Said Province Appointing us the Subscribers to
make Partition and Division of the Real Estate of Joseph Smith
late of Durham in said province Esq"^ Deceased to & among the
Devisees in his Last will & Testament mentioned, accordingly we
have made a Division of Said Estate in manner Following viz —
To Deborah Gilmore wife of James Gilmore Esq' who was
heretofore the wife of Said Joseph Smith one Third of Said Real
Estate as foUoweth part of the homestead Farm C\)ntaining
ninety nine acres & one quarter of an acre Butted & Bounded
as followeth Beginning By the highway adjoining to Land of
Ephraim Davis & from thence By Said Davis" Land South 15"
East 10 Rods then South 31° West 136 rods then South 85°
west 20 rods then South 23° west 21 rods then South 52° west
12 rods to Oyster River and then By the River to Land of John
Williams & then by Said Williams Land North 59° East 133
Rods then North 44° west 21 Rods then North 24° East 35
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Rods to the highway first mentioned, & By that to the first
Bounds Together with the house Barns &•= thereon Standing —
also 25 acres of Land Near the afors'^ on the North Side of the
highway, Beginning at a heap of stones by the highway & from
thence about forty Rods to Land of Ephraim Davis then By
Said Davis Land North 67° East 88 Rods to Land that was Paul
Nutes, & by that about 40 Rods to a heap of stones and from
thence on a Strait Line to the bounds first mentioned — also
about ninety three acres and 3 quarters of one acre of Land
Purchased heretofore of amos pinkham & will™ Rines Butted
and Bounded as followeth viz Beginning By the house where Said
amos Pinkham formerly Lived and from thence By the highway
North 46° East 57 Rods then by the highway Easterly 136
Rods to Land of John williams & then South 88° west 46 rods
then South 33° West 18 Rods then South 75° west 20 Rods then
North 70 west 16 rods then North 79° west 31 Rods then North
23° East 45 rods then North 78° west 28 rods then South 16°
west 25 rods then west 32 rods then North 76° west 14 rods then
North 55° west 55 rods then North 33 East 27 Rods then North
47° East 24 Rods then South 48° East 50 Rods then north 45°
East 22 rods then North 53° East 22 rods then South 71° East
23 Rods to the place where it Began with Buildings thereon
Standing Excepting out of this Last Tract of Land a highway as
it is now fencc^ of — Also about Twelve acres of Land at a place
Called the hook in Durham afs"^ Being the Lot num' 17 in the
Second Division of Common Lands in s"^ Town Likewise about
Six acres of Land Being half of the Lot num"" 4 in the afors"^
Second Division of Common Lands in s"^ Durham Likewise the
one Twelveth Part of the Sawmill and Christ mills at Durham
Falls, and the one Eighth Part of a Sawmill Called Jebuctor
mill in the town of Nottingham in Said Province —
To Elizabeth Dwyer wife of James Dwyer Daughter of Said
Joseph Smith about Twenty acres of Land Near Durham falls
Butted & Bounded as followeth Beginning by the highway
adjoining to Land of Daniel Rogers Esq' & from thence as the
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fences now Stand by Lands in possession of said Rogers Jf)S(-ph
Drew and John Sullivan 65K Rods to the River cS: by that to
Land of the widow Sarah INIason and then by said widow masons
Land about no Rods to the highway & by that to Land of
Joseph applebee 17 Rods & then by said applebees Land Rev*
John adams & Ephraim Folsoms Lands 38 rods as the fences
Stands to the highway & by that 40 rods to the first Hounds.
Likewise 24 acres of Land Purchased of James Davis Deceas**
& wife, Being Part of a hundred acre Grant of land formerly
Granted by the Town of Dover to one william Robarts Near a
Place Called wheelrights Pond —
To Hannah Smith Twenty one acres & one quarter of Land
at a place Called Follets Swamp in Durham, Being the one half
of about forty Two acres & a half of Land purchased in Part-
ership By said Deceased & Cap* Thomas Chesley of Rob*
Thompson, the whole is Butted and Bounded as followeth viz
Beginning By the highway adjoining to Land in Possession of
Cap* Hercules moony & By that as the fences Stand 149 rods
then by said moony^ Land South 76 rods then By Land of Jona-
than & Robert thompson west 65 Rods then North 37 Rods
then by said Jonathan Thompson^ Land as the fences stand
about 108 Rods to the highway & by that to the first Bounds —
also thirty two acres of Land purchased By Said Deceased of
hercules moony Being Part of the afors*^ Grant Granted to one
william Robarts at wheelrights pond in Durham also 24 acres
of the afors*^ Grant Purchased of James Davis & wife as may
appear By said Deeds —
To Joseph Emerson one hundred acres of Land near Little
River in Said town of Durham adjoining Land of Jonathan
thompson & Jonathan Reynolds as mentioned in the Testament
of said Deceased and the Remainder of said Real Estate as
Shewn to us by the Exec" of the Testament of Said Deceased
we have Divided among the four Sons of said Deceased namely
Samuel Joseph John and Daniel —
To Samuel a Tract of Land Containing one hundred and forty
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three acres adjoining to Lampereel River in Durham afors"*
Butted & Bounded as followeth viz Beginning at the house on
said Farm & from thence by the highway North East 64 rods
to Land of wilHam Jenkans & by Jenkans* Land South 42° East
16 rods then South 19 rods then South 13° west 32 rods then
South 35° East 23 rods to Land sat of to John one of the s^
heirs & By that South 32° west about 80 rods to Lampereel
River then up by the River as that Runs about 290 Rods to a
Place known by the name of the Flatt Ground Barrs then west
about 4 rods to Land of william Jenkans and then By said Jen-
kans^ Land 212 Rods to the highway & by that to the first bounds
together with the buildings thereon Together with one Right or
Share of Land in the Town of New Durham in said province
(Except what is Given to Benjamin Glidden for Settleing the
right) Being Originally Granted to Said Joseph Smith also about
forty acres Be the same more or Less (Being the Deceased^ whole
right in a peice of Land in Partership with the heirs of Eben' ^
Smith Esq' Deceased at a place Called Smarts Creek in New- ™
market Likewise one Quarter of a sawmill Called Chesley*
mill in nottingham —
To John one hundred acres of Land Purchased of Robert hill !
in said Durham with a Barn thereon standing for Butt^ &
Bound^ Reference Being had to the Deed from said hill on Rec-
ord, also about forty Seven acres of Land By Lampereel River
Beginning By the River at the southeast end of Land sat of to
Samuel and from thence as the River Runs about one hundred
and twenty Rods, or as far Down as to Take in above 2 thirds \
and Leave Below one third of a Grant of Land of Twelve score
acres Granted Formerly by the town of Dover to one Rob*
Burnum & then North East 80 rods or there abouts to a Grant
of Land formerly granted by the Town of Dover to one Thomas
footman and then By footmans grant and Land of william Jen-
kans to the afors'^ Land sat of to Samuel and by that to the first
Bounds Likewise about seventeen acres of Land Laying near ^
the other at Lampereel River now in possession of Frances
I
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Elliot as a Tennant adjoining the highway Land of william
Jenkans and Daniel Rogers Esq' Likewise a peice of Land in
Durham adjoining Barrington Purchased of the Proprietors of
Common Lands in Durham Being ahout 20 acres in a place
Called the Spruce Swamp the one Eighth part of upper Jaheag
mill in Nottingham Excepting Iron work Likewise one Quarter
Part of the Lot N° 7 in Cross Street in the town of Nottingham —
To Daniel about one hundred acres of Land Partly in the tcnvn
of Dover & partly in Madbury Bounded as followeth Beginning
by the highway adjoining to 25 acres Sat of as the widows
dowry by these presents & from thence by the highway 70 Rods
to Land of Nathaniel Lamous & then by said Lamous* Land
about 160 rods to the highway & by that 93 Rods to Land of
Paul Nute and then Nutes Land as the fences stand al)out 1 19
rods to the afors'^ Land sat of to the widow and by that to the first
Bounds also 21 acres of Land in Durham & madl)ury afors*^
adjoining to the highway Land of Nathan' Lamous Joseph and
Nich^ meder — also about Seventy five acres of Land adjoining
to Lampereel River Beginning By the River at the flatt ground
Barrs & then west four Rods to will"* Jenkans Land & then i)y
that North 83° west 116 rods then North 21° East 64 rods then
north 85° East 40 rods then N 19° west 12 rods then North 23°
west 61 rods to the highway and by that to Land of Sam«'
Langly & by that & Land of Sam" mathes to Lampereel River
& by the river to the first Bounds and one Eighth part of Little
river Sawmill in Durham afors^ —
To Joseph about Fifty five acres of Land in Durham Pur-
chased Heretofore of Benjamin Jenkans adjoining Oyster river
The Town Lott highway and Land that was Robert Burnums
Deceased, also about four acres & a half Purchased by the De-
ceased of will-" Lord Reference to the Deed on Record for Butts
& Bounds Likewise 28 acres of Land in Durham afors** Calk-d
the Oak Pasture in a Place Called the hornswoods Beginning at
the Southwest Corner of Land that was Dan' Davis' & By that
72 rods & then By land of Thom« Bickford about fifty rods and
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then by the highway about 70 rods and then from the highway
N 23° E 88 rods to where it Began also about 36 acres in the s"^
hornswood^ Called the pine Pasture Beginning at the highway
& from thence South 64° West 50 rods then North 69° west 22
rods then South 71° west 18 rods then South 11 west 40 rods
then South 57° E* 51 rods then North 49° East 32 rods then
North 69° East 36 rods then North 23° East 24 rods then north
30 rods & then on a strait Line to where it Began also about 16
acres of Land that was John willey^ Late of Durham where he
Commonly lived adjoining By Land of Thomas willey and the
highway — Also about 10 acres of Land in Durham afors**
Purchased of John willey Being half of about 20 acres in Parter-
ship with Thomas willey the whole is Bounded by Land of
Thomas willey Sam^^ willey William willey & the highway —
also Two Lotts of Land in the town of Nottingham Being the
Lotts num"" 39 and 41 in winter Street with the Buildings thereon
Likewise all the Title & Right Said Deceased had to 60 acres of
Land Granted By the town of Dover to one Joseph Chesley
Deceased by Belemons Bank River in the parish of Madbury
— also about Forty acres of Land in Newmarket at a place Called
Poortown Now under the Improvement of Edward Fox — also
the One half of a Christ mill and fulling mill at Little River in
Durham af'^ together with one half the adjacent Land that was
in Partnership Between the Deceased & Joseph Thompson —
Witness our hands at Durham the 27*^ day of april 1767 —
Tho« Chesle
Eb"" Demerit
Nicholas Duda
Ebenezer Thompson
James Davis
[Guardianship of Joseph Smith, Daniel Smith, John Smithy
and Hannah Smith, children of Joseph Smith, granted to Daniel
Meserve of Madbury April 29, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 392.]
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[Bond of Daniel Meserve of Matll)ijry, yeoman, with Thomas
Chesley, gentleman, and Ebenezcr Thompson, physician. lM)ih
of Durham, as sureties, in the sum of t'sooo, April 29. 1767. for
the guardianship of Joseph Smith, Daniel Smith. John Smith,
and Hannah Smith, aged less than 14 years, children of Joseph
Smith; witnesses, Robert Parks, William Parker.)
[Guardianship of Samuel Smith, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of Joseph Smith, granted to Daniel Meserve of Mad-
bury, gentleman. May 7. 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 426.]
[Bond of Daniel Meserve, with Robert Mill of Madbury. yeo-
man, and James Gilmore of Durham, gentleman, as sureties, in
the sum of £500, May 7, 1767, for the guardianshij) of Samuel
Smith; witnesses, William Parker, E. Gummer.]
[Guardianship of Joseph Smith, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of Joseph Smith, granted to James Gilmore of Dur-
ham, gentleman, Aug. 31, 1768.]
[Probate Records, vol. 25, p. 240.]
[Bond of James Gilmore, with James Dwyer and Joseph
Simes, painter, both of Portsmouth, as sureties, in the sum of
£500, Aug. 31, 1768, for the guardianship of Joseph Smith;
witnesses, John Pickering, Samuel Hale.]
JACOB SMITH 1765 N0TTIX(;HAM
[Administration on the estate of Jacob Smith of Nottingham,
yeoman, granted to Elizabeth Smith and James Bean June 26,
1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 526.]
[Bond of Elizabeth Smith, widow, and James Bean, yeoman,
both of Brentwood, with David Lawrence of Epping and Noah
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Emery of Exeter, gentleman, as sureties, in the sum of £300,^
June 26, 1765, for the administration of the estate; witnesses^
WilHam Parker, Jr., WiUiam Vaughan.]
[Inventory, July, 1765; amount, £109. o. 6; signed by Daniel
Ladd and Jeremiah Glidden.]
[Warrant, March 26, 1766, authorizing Noah Emery and
Nicholas Gilman, gentleman, both of Exeter, to receive claims
against the estate.]
Province of 1^ July the 29*'' 1766 Pursuant to an order
New Hampshire / from the Honour*''^ John Wentworth Esq'
Judge of the Probate of Wills &c appointing us the Subscribers
togather with Samuel Dudly a Committee to Devide & set off
to Elisabeth the wife of David Clifford her Dower which happens
to her of the real Estate of her late Husband Jacob Smith
Deceas*^ wee have accordingly set to the said Elisabeth fifteen
acres of Land at the North End of the Homestead of her late
Husband Jacob Smith Deceas'^ viz Begining at the said Noth
End & so running southerly Carrying the whole width of said
Homestead till it Compleats the afors*^ fifteen acres
John Folsham
Jeremiah Bean
[List of claims against the estate, March 26, 1767; amount,
£201. 19. 6^; signed by Noah Emery and Nicholas Gilman.]
[Account of the administrators, James Bean, David Clifford,
and his wife Elizabeth; receipts, £89. 13. 10; expenditures,
£73. 16. 9; mentions "maintaining 2 Children under 7 Years of
age 105 weeks each"; filed May 27, 1767.]
[Settlement of claims; amount distributed, £15. 17. i ; allowed
July 23, 1767.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS I9I
ROBERT WHITE 1765 NEWCASTLE
[Administration on the estate of Robert White of Newcastle,
yeoman, granted to his son, Robert White, June 26. 1765.]
(Probate Records, voL 23, p. 464.]
[Bond of Robert White, mariner, with Stephen liatson and
John Tolton as sureties, ail of Newcastle, in the sum of L"i{),{xx),
June 26, 1765, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
William Parker, Jr., William Vaughan.]
[Warrant, June 26, 1765, authorizing Jcjseph Xewmarch and
John Simpson, mariner, both of Newcastle, to appraise the es-
tate.]
[Inventory, July 9, 1765; amount, £1933. 5. o; signed by
Joseph Newmarch.]
JOSHUA ROLLINS 1765 EXETER
[Guardianship of Reuben Rollins, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of Joshua Rollins of Exeter, granted to David Law-
rence of Epping June 26, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 472.]
[Bond of David Lawrence, with James Bean of Brentwood,
yeoman, and Noah Emery of Exeter, gentleman, as sureties,
in the sum of £10,000, June 26, 1765, for the guardianship of
Reuben Rollins; witnesses, William Parker, Jr., William
Vaughan.]
JOSEPH HIXON 1765 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I Joseph Hixon of Portsmouth in
the Province of New Hampshire Mariner toeing of sound and
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disposing Mind Memory and Understanding (praised be God
for the same) and being shortly bound to Sea * * *
Item I give unto my Dear Wife Honnor Hixon All my Estates
both Real and Personal whatsoever and wheresoever Situate
lying and being To Hold to my said Dear Wife and her Heirs
and assigns for Ever Reserving nevertheless the following
Legacy Viz* I Order and direct my Executrix hereafter named to
pay or Cause to be paid to my Good Mother Christian Hixon
of Portsmouth aforesaid Widow the sum of Eight pounds law-
ful money of Great Britain Yearly and Every Year during the
Term of her natural life by Quarterly payments to Commence
immediately after my Decease & with which payment I charge
all my Estates. And I do hereby appoint my said Dear Wife
Sole Executrix * * *
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal
this Twenty Seventh day of June Anno Domini 1765.
Joseph Hixon
[Witnesses] Wysman Clagett, Samuel Treadwell, Mary Horney.
[Proved Oct. 17, 1769.]
[Inventory, signed by William Whipple and John Parker;
amount, £1670. 5. 3; attested Jan. 18, 1770.]
[Probate Records, vol. 26, p. 76.]
[Petition of George Hart, administrator de bonis non. May 17,
1786, for a commission in insolvency.]
[List of claims against the estate, April 6, 1787; amount,
£1260. 2. 9X; signed by John Parker, Joshua Brackett, and
Jacob Treadwell.]
[Petition of Betty Hill, Gilbert Horney, Prudence Gerrish,
and Polly Underwood, heirs to the estate of Honor Hart, wife of
George Hart of Portsmouth, formerly widow of Joseph Hixon,
Oct. 26, 1793, for an account of the estate by the administrator.]
[Citation to George Hart, Oct. 29, 1793, to render an account.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS I93
[Petition of David Hill for himself and his mother, Betty Hill,
Gilbert Horney, David Hill as attorney for John (ierrish and
Prudence Gerrish, and Mary Underwood, heirs to the estate,
May 4, 1795, for an order of court restraining the sale of real es-
tate, alledging fraud by the administrator.]
[Petition of the heirs of John Hart, deceased, William Hart,
Thomas Hart, the heirs of Joseph Hart, deceased, the heirs of
Benjamin Hart, deceased, Henry Hart, Edward Hart, the heirs
of Nathaniel Hart, deceased, and Oliver Hart, Nov. 20, 1795,
for the division of nine twentieths of "a certain pasture or tract
of Land situate in Islington in Portsmouth in said County" hoM
by them in common with George Hart.]
[Bond of George Hart, gentleman, with Samuel Hutchins and
Jacob Walden, traders, as sureties, in the sum of $120, Dec. 14,
1795. to prosecute his appeal of the order of court for the division
requested above; witnesses, Nathaniel Treadwell, 3d, Joseph
Walden.]
[Bond of David Hill of Madbury, yeoman, with William K.
Atkinson of Dover and Benjamin Johnson of North wood,
yeoman, as sureties, in the sum of $200, Sept. 21, 1797, to prose-
cute his appeal of the order of court granting the administrator
license to sell real estate; witnesses, Thomas Thompson, H. S.
Langdon.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £156. 2. 8; expendi-
tures the same; allowed Nov. 19, 1800.]
[Petition of Richard Gerrish, David Hill, Mary I'nderwood,
and Edmund H. Quincy, administrator of the estate of Gilbert
Horney, Oct. 22, 1802, for a division of the real estate.)
[Warrant, Oct. 25, 1802, authorizing Thomas Thompson,
Jeremiah Libby, Edward Sargent, Thomas Sheafe, and John
Goddard, all of Portsmouth, to divide the real estate.]
Rockingham ss — Portsmouth November 20<* 1802.
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Pursuant to the annexed warrant we the undersigned have
made Partition, and sett off to the severall heirs, therein named,
the Real Estate of Joseph Hixon, late of Portsmouth Mariner
Deceased, in the following manner, & agreeably to a Plan hereto
subjoined. —
Viz i^* we set off to Mary Underwood, her heirs and assigns,
Lot N° I as marked on the plan. Bounded as follows viz, be-
ginning at the South Esterly corner of Land belonging to the
heirs of the late Theodore Atkinson Esq' Dec*^ on Pitt street,
thence runing East, Northerly by Pitt street. Thirty Seven
Feet, untill it comes on a line with the Front Entry of the old
Mansion House, on said premises, from thence North Westerly
thro' said House, thirty one feet, from thence west Southerly by
land sett off to Lot N° 2, Thirty Seven feet, and from thence ||
South Easterly, by land of said Atkinson Thirty one feet to Pitt
Street, the bounds began at togeather with all that part of the .
old mansion House on said described Premises, with one half j
the Cellar, and the Privilege of the Front Entrys and Stairways,
in common with the owner of Lott N° 2 —
2ndiy ^g gg^^; off to Richard Gerrish, his heirs and Assigns as
his share or part of said Estate, Lot N° 2, as marked on the plan,
bounded as follows. Viz* begining at the South Easterly Corner
of Lot N° I, on Pitt Street, from thence running by said Pitt
Street East Northerly, Nineteen feet & four Inches, untill it
comes to the New part, added to the Old House, thence running
North Westerly by the westerly side of said Addition, Twenty
Nine feet, thence turning and running west Southerly by said
Old House, and the land set off to N° 3, Ten feet, thence North
westerly by land set off to N° 3, Twenty feet and Six Inches,
thence West Southerly, partly by a passage way, and by land Set
off to N° 4, Forty six feet, to land of the heirs of Theodore
Atkinson aforesaid. Thence South Easterly by said Atkinsons
land. Eighteen Feet, thence East Northerly by land set off to
N" I Thirty Seven Feet And from thence South Easterly, by land
also set of to N° i. Thirty one feet, to the bounds began at,
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195
togeather with one half the Cellar under said old House and all
that part of the House standing on said Lot N» 2, reserving the
Entrys and Stairways, in said Old House to he in Common for
the use of the Owners of the Lots N" i ami 2, the Chimneys in
said old House, as they now stand, are to he considered as Ix?-
longing to lots N° i and 2, so that lot N° i shall have the use of
the westerly Smokes and Fire places, and lot N" 2 of the East-
erly —
3diy We set off to David Hill, his heirs and Assigns as his Share
or part of said Estate Lot N° 3, as marked on the i)lan, bounded
as follows Viz* begining at the Southeasterly Corner of Lot N» 2,
on Pitt Street, and running East Northerly by said Street
Twelve Feet and Eight Inches thence Northwesterly by Atkin-
son Street, Forty Nine Feet, to a Common Passage way, thence
west Southerly by said Passage way, Twenty Three feet, thence
Southeasterly by land sett off to N" 2, Twenty feet and Six
Inches, thence East Northerly by said Lot N° 2 Ten Feet, and
from thence Southeasterly by the end of the Old House Twenty
Nine feet to Pitt Street the bounds began at, with the Buildings
thereon — also the privilege of digging a Vault of Six Feet
square, and building a necessary house over the Same at the
westerly end of the common Passage way as marked in the said
Plan —
^^thiy \Ye sett off to the Heirs of Gilbert Horney, deceased as
their share or Part of said Estate, Lot N° 4 as marked on the
plan, bounded as follows. Viz* begining at the Northwesterly
Corner of the Common Passage way on Atkinson street, and
running by said Street North Westerly Thirty F^eet, to land of
Cap* Peter Coues, from thence westsoutherly by land of said
Coues Sixty nine feet, to land of the heirs of the late Theodore
Atkinson Esq^ deceased, thence Southeasterly by land of said
Atkinsons Heirs, Thirty five feet, thence Eastnortherly by land
set off to N° 2 Thirty two feet, to land set off to N" 3 for a \ault.
thence Northwesterly by said vault six feet, thence Eastnortherly
by the Same Six feet, thence Southeasterly to the Common
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Passage way one Foot and from thence Eastnorthcrly hy said
Passage way, Thirty One feet, to Atkinson street, the hounds
began at.
We have also set off a Passage way of Five feet wide on At-
kinson Street, carrying that breadth westsoutherly Thirty one
Feet, and bounded on Lots N° 2, 3, 4, as marked on the Plan,
which Passage way is to be in common, for the use of the Owners
of said three Lots.
And in Order to make the division equitable, and not to In-
jure the Property, we report that Mary Underwood to whom we
set off Lot N° I, pay to Richard Gerrish to whom we have set
off Lot N° 2, Fifty Dollars, and that David Hill, to whom we
have set off Lot N° 3, Pay to the Heirs of (Gilbert Horney
deceased, to whom we have set off Lot N° 4, One hundred
Dollars.
Tho" Thompson
Edward Sargent
Jeremiah Libbey
John Cioddard
INSLEY GREELEY 1765 SALISBl'RY, MASS.
[Administration on the estate of Insley Greeley of Salisbury,
Mass., yeoman, granted to Moses Greeley of Salisbury, Mass.,
June 30, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 460.]
[Bond of Moses Greeley, yeoman, with Abel Davis of Hampton
Falls and Abba Brown of Kensington, yeomen, as sureties, in
the sum of £10,000, June 30, 1765, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Sarah Parker, William X'aughan.]
[Warrant, June 30, 1765, authorizing Abel Davis, Winthrop
Dow, and Jonathan Weare, all of Hampton Falls, yeomen, to
appraise the estate.]
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[Inventory, June 29, 1765; thirty acres of land in South
Hampton, £2700. o. o; signed by Abel Davis, Winthrop Dow,
and Jonathan Weare.]
BENJAMIN WINN 1765 NOTTINGHAM
[Administration on the estate of Benjamin Winn of Notting-
ham, carpenter, granted to his widow, Judith Winn, July i,
1765-]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 557.]
[Bond of Judith Winn, with Abraham Page, gentleman, and
John Bly, slay-maker, as sureties, all of Nottingham West, in
the sum of £200, July i, 1765, for the administration of the es-
tate; witnesses, Jonathan Lovewell, William Harris.]
[Inventory, July i, 1765; amount, £424. 15. o; signed by
George Burns and Abraham Page.]
[Bond of John Combs of Merrimack, yeoman, with Thomas
Clark and John McClenche as sureties, in the sum of £500,
Aug. 9, 1768, for the guardianship of James Winn, minor, aged
more than 14 years, "now living in Merrimack"; witnesses,
Nehemiah Lovewell, John McClenche, Jr.]
SIMEON BLOOD 1765 NASHUA
[Administration on the estate of Simeon Blood of Dunstable,
yeoman, granted to Samuel Hobart July 5, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 557.]
[Bond of Samuel Hobart, with Samuel Cummings and John
Hale as sureties, all of Hollis, in the sum of £500, July 5, 1765,
for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Ebenezer Pierce,
Samuel Hale.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WH.LS lc;i)
[Warrant, July 5, 1765, authorizing Stephen Powers and Wil-
liam Cummings, both of Dunstable, yeomen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, July 25, 1765; amount, £540. o. o; signed by
Stephen Powers and William Cummings.]
[Bond of Samuel Hobart of Hollis, with Jonas (\iller, shop-
keeper, and William Nutting, gentleman, both of Groton, Mass.,
as sureties, in the sum of £500, March 10, 1768, for the adminis-
tration of the estate of Simeon Blood of Dunstable; witnesses,
Josiah Sartell and James Prescott.]
[Middlesex Co., Mass., Probate Files.]
[Warrant, March 16, 1768, authorizing Benjamin Parker,
Josiah Sartell, and William Nutting, all of Grot(m, Mass., to
appraise the estate and set off the widow's dower.]
[Middlesex Co., Mass., Probate Files.]
We The Subscribers Being Appointed a Com'*" By the Hon'*''*
Samuel Danforth Esq"" Judge of Probate for the County of
Middlesex To Inventory and Apprize That Part of the Real
Estate That Simeon Blood Late of New Hampshire Deceased
Intestate Died Seized and Possessed in the Province of the
Massachusetts Bay We have Attended S** Sarvice and Apprized
Aboute Sixty Acres of Land in the Province of the Massachusetts
Bay S*^ Land is Bounded North on the Province Line Westerly
on Lanchester River So Called and Southerly on Land of James
Blood and Common Easterly on Land Common which Land we
Apprized att Twenty five Pounds Law^full Money —
Then we Proseeded and Sett of To the S'* Deceased Wid»
Sarah Blood Six Acres of Wood Land att the Easterly Knde of
S'l Lott and Bound Easterly on Common land a white Pine Tree
being the South East Cornor Then runs westerly to a Maple
Then Turns and runs North by a Smal Dame So to a white oke
So to the Province Line to make up the Six Acres apprised at
Six Shillings ^"^ Acre —
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Also we Sett of to S** Wed° four Acres and an Halfe on the
East Side of the road that goes by S^ House and is Bounded
North on the Province Line from a Stake and Stones it runs
South on S<^ Road Eighteen Pole to a Smal Bush marked for a
Cornor then runs East Barring to the South to and other Bush
marked in a fince and It Turns and runs North to S<^ Province
Line to a Stake and Stones Supposed to be in the Province Line
apprized at Twenty Shillings ^"^ Acre
Also we Sett of to S'^ aboute four Acres of Land on the West
Side S<^ road Part Plowed Land and Part wood Land and Bound
East on S"^ road from the Province Line Thirteen Poles and Lyes
West and South on the remainder of the Deceased Land and
North on the Province Line Apprized and Ten Shilling ^'^
Acres (The Whole Being Apprized att Eight Pounds Six Shillings
and Eight pence which made Her full Part out of that Part of
the Deces^ Real Estate we Apprized) all which we Humbley
Submitt To Y' Hon'' for Confermation &
Benj^ Parker
Josiah Sartell > Com"^
Will"^ Nutting ,
[Middlesex Co., Mass., Probate Files.]
[Petition of Samuel Hobart, administrator, Oct. 25, 1768, for
license to sell real estate; endorsed "not granted — because s<^
Simeon did not dye within this Province."]
[Middlesex Co., Mass., Probate Files.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £33. 17. 11 ; expendi-
tures, £67. 13. 4; mentions a widow and "Maintaining 3 Chil-
dren under seven years of age, 18 Months each " ; allowed Oct. 21,
1768.]
[Bond of Daniel Merrill of Dunstable, gentleman, with
Ebenezer Jaquith of Dunstable and Samuel Jewett of Hollis,
husbandmen, as sureties, in the sum of £200, March 18, 1771,
for the guardianship of Simeon Blood, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of Simeon Blood ; witnesses, John Hale, Samuel Hobart.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 2()I
NOAH HOBBS 1765 KENSIXC.TON
In the Name of God Amen July the 8«»> day 1765: I Xoah
Hobbs of Kensington in Hampton in the Province of New
Hamps: in New England, Yeoman: being sick Ov weak in
Body * * *
Imp' I Give & Bequeath unto Khsabeth my now dearly
beloved wife all my Houshold stuff; & all my stock viz: Cattle
sheep &c to her, her Hiers & assigns forever, and to be at her
Dispose, and all my moveable goods & Effects without Doors
and within —
2'y I would premise that I expect my s'' wife is now with Child
& shall in the remaining part of this my Will, Conduct myself
with respect thereto : and therefore Further —
I Give to my s'^ wife the use & Improvement of all my Real
Estate Saveing & Excepting what my Hon'^ mother I^atience
Hobbs is vested withal, & will or may take the posession of &
Improve as her dower by virtue of the last Will & Testament of
my Hon*^ father Stephen Hobbs late of s^ Kensington deceased
I say the use & Improvement of the residue of m\- real Estate
until my yongest Child that shall then be liveing, shall arrive
to the age of fourteen years; and that to be for her supjjort, & for
the support & bringing up of my Children, and then after that
to Content herself with the Enjoyment of but only one Third of
my real Estate —
But now with respect to my Children my Will is that in Case
the forehinted at Child now in the Womb should be Born a son &
live to grow up to manhood, viz : to the age of Twenty one years,
then he to have all my real Estate that I now ha\e. & all that
may hereafter fall to me or to my Right, if any there be hereafter;
therefore in the Case forementioned I Give to my s"* son if such
there be, all my lands Buildings & marsh; which I now ICnjoy
with all that may hereafter fall to my Right, to him his Hiers &
assigns for ever —
Again if the before hinted at Child in the Womb should be
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Born a Daughter, then my Will is that at the forementioned
Term viz: the age of fourteen years of the youngest Child then
surviving that all my Estate (saveing my s*^ wifes Thirds) be
equally divided between them, and after their mothers decease
then the s*^ Thirds to be divided between them as the former to
be enjoyed by them their Hiers & assigns forever —
But yet again : In Case the before hinted at Child in the womb
should be born a son & live as forementioned that then in that
Case I Give to my Two daughters viz: Patience & Mary the
sum of Twenty five pounds (New Ten'') Each to be paid to them
when they arrive to the age of Eighteen years or on their mar-
riage by my Executors out of my Estate —
But in Case of A Miscarriage, or born a Daughter that then
the forementioned legacy to be Null & void & the forementioned
division as forementioned to take place —
And I do hereby Constitute & appoint my well beloved
Brother Samuel Hobbs & my s'^ wife Elisabeth to be sole Execu-
tors of this my last will & Testament —
And I do hereby Will & order my s'^ Executors to pay all my
Honest debts & my funeral Charges, and to perform all the
duties to my Hon'^ mother which I was Ordered to perform & do
by the last Will & Testament of my forementioned father
Stephen Hobbs: also the duties which I was thereby ordered to
do & perform for my Sister Hephzibah Hobbs; and in the fore-
mentioned Case of a son to be born then to pay the fore men-
tioned legaices as forementioned * * *
his
Noah X Hobbs
mark
[Witnesses] Jeremy Webster, Abraham Prescutt, Jeremiah
Sanborn.
[Proved May 28, 1766.]
[Inventory, July 2, 1766; amount, £189. 11. 6; signed by
Abraham Prescott and Jeremiah Sanborn.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 203
EDWARD FIFIELD 1765 STR ATHAM
In the Name of God Amen the twenty fifth Day of July Anno
que Domini Seventeen Hundred and Sixty five I Edward Kifeld
of Stratham in the Province of New Hamps' in New ICn^land
Gentleman * * *
Imprimas I Give unto Eleasil)ath my Beloved wife the im-
provement of the one half of all my Lands in Stratham afore said
and also of my orcherd and also the improvement of one half of
four acres and half of Salt marsh that I have in hampton in sd
Province & the one half of my Cratures of every Sort So Long as
she Remains my widow and in Case it Should So happen that
She Should marry again then to have Ikit one third of all aforesd
I also Give unto my sd wife the improvement of the Larj^^est
Lower Room at the East End of my Dwelling House on said
Land & the Largest Chamber at the west End of sd house & one
third Part of my Celler under sd House with a Priveledge in the
ovens in sd House and one fourth Part of my Barn So Long as
she Remains my widdow & if She Should marry again after my
Decease & Become a widow again and Should have Ocasion She
Shall have the improvement of sd House as above said So Long
as she Lives & also I Give unto my sd wife the whole use & im-
provement of all my House hold Goods Dureing her natural Life
Itam I Give unto my Son Edward fifeld one fifth Part of my
wareing Cloaths Besides what I Have given him by Deed of gift
Itam I Give unto my Son Benjamin fifeld one fifth Part of my
wareing Cloaths Besides what I Have Given him by Deed of Gift
Itam I give into my Son John Fifeld one fifth Part of my ware-
ing Cloaths Besides what I Gave Him by Deed of Gift —
Itam — I Give unto my Son Jonathan Fifeld one fifth I'art
of my wareing Cloaths Besides what I Gave Him by Deed of
Gift
Itam I Give unto my Son Joseph Fifeld His Heirs and assigns
all my Homestead Viz my Dwelling House and Barn in Stratham
afore said & all my Lands adjoyning thereto be it more or Less
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and also four acres and one half of salt marsh in Hampton afore
Said which I now improve and also one fourth Part of my Gil-
mantown Right and also all my Stock of Cratures of every Sort
Except only the improvement which his mother my s'^ wife is to
have as afore Said and after She hath Done with them as afore
Said then he my Sd Son Joseph to Come into the Quiet Poses-
sion of all that his s^ mother did improve also I Give unto my
s*^ Son Joseph all my Husbandery tools and implements of every
Sort whatsoever and also one fifth Part of my wareing Cloaths
he the sd Joseph Paying all my Lawfull Debts and funarall
Charges & also Paying all the Legaces I Shall herein after men-
tion
Itam I Give unto my Grand Children the Children of my
Daughter Dorethy fifeld to be Equeally devided amongast
them thirty Pounds old tenor Counting Dollers att Six Pounds
Each to be Paid by my Son Joseph Fifeld in two years after my
Decease and also one third Part of my Household goods after my
sd wifes Decease to be Devided as afore sd if any of sd Children
Should Die Before they Recive sd Legesey all to be Equally
Devided amongst the Surviving Children
Itam I Give unto my Grand Children thomas Lyford & mary
Lyford & Eleasebath Lyford to be Equally Devided amongst
them thirty Pounds old tenor Counting Dollers at Six Pounds
Each to be Paid by my Son Joseph Fifeld in two years after my
Decease and one third Part of my Household goods after my
said wifes Decease to be Devided as afore sd if any of them
should Die Before they Recive sd Legasey all to be Equally
Devided amongst the Surviving
Itam I Give to my Grand son Stephen Fifeld his Heirs and as-
signs my fifty acre Lot of Land in Brintwood in sd Province
which I Bought of william Long his mother the widow of my son
moses Fifeld to have the improvement of one third Part of sd
fifty acres of Land Dureing her widdohood he the Said Stephen
Paying forty Pounds old tenor Counting Dollers at six Pounds
Each to Each of his Sisters as follows \'iz: to Mehetabel forty
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205
Pounds in one year after my Decase to martha forty Pounds in
two year after my Decease to Abigil forty Pound in three years
after my Decase to mary forty Pounds in four year after my
Decase to Elizabath forty Pound in five year after my Decitsc
Itam I Give to my Grand son Ebenezer ICastman thirty
Pounds old tenor Counting Dollors at Six Pounds luich to he
Paid by my son Joseph Fifeld in one year after my Decase
Itam I Give unto my Grand Daughters Sarah Kastman &
mary Eastman one third Part of my Household goods to l)e
Equally Devided Between them after my Said wifes Decease if
one of my sd Grand Daughters Should Die Before She Recivcs
sd Legasey the Surviving one to have her Part: all the afore Sd
Leagases to be to them their Heirs and assigns forever and
further my will is and I Do hereby Constitute and appoint my
Said Son Joseph Fifield my Sole Executor * * *
Edwartl Fi field
[Witnesses] Nathaniel Stevens, William Calley jun, Kphraim
Green.
[Proved April 30, 1766.]
[Bond of Joseph Fifield, gentleman, with Ephraim Green,
yeoman, as surety, both of Stratham, in the sum of £500, April
30, 1766, for the execution of the will; witnesses, John Bell,
William Vaughan.]
NATHANIEL HUGGINS, JR. 1765 GREENLAND
[Administration on the estate of Nathaniel Huggins. Jr., of
Greenland, yeoman, granted to his widow, Sarah Huggins, July
31, 1765-]
[Probate Records, Vol. 23, p. 525.]
[Bond of Sarah Huggins, with John Huggins, yeoman, and
Joseph Pickering, tanner, as sureties, all of Greenland, in the
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sum of £500, July 31, 1765, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Gideon Bartlett, Jr., William Vaughan.]
[Warrant, July 31, 1765, authorizing Nathan Johnson and
John Folsom, gentlemen, both of Greenland, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, attested Aug. 28, 1765; amount, £207. 17. 6;
signed by Nathan Johnson and John Folsom.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, personal estate as per
inventory; expenditures, £62. 4. i; mentions " Maintainance of
one of the Deceasds Children under Seven years of age 2 years" ;
allowed July 29, 1767.]
[Guardianship of John Huggins, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of Nathaniel Huggins, granted to Sarah Huggins of
Greenland, widow, July 29, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 488.]
[Bond of Sarah Huggins, widow, with John Huggins, yeoman,
as surety, both of Greenland, in the sum of £100, July 29, 1767,
for the guardianship of John Huggins; witnesses, William Parker,
William Vaughan.]
JOHN BOWDEN 1765 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of John Bowden of Exeter,
joiner, granted to his widow, Huldah Bowden, July 31, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 526.]
[Bond of Huldah Bowden, with Ephraim Robinson and Noah
Emery, gentlemen, as sureties, all of Exeter, in the sum of £500,
July 31, 1765, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
William Vaughan, Richard Smith.]
[Warrant, July 31, 1765, authorizing Capt. Jonathan Gilman
and John Bellamy, both of Exeter, to appraise the estate.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 207
[Inventory, Aug. 5, 1765; amount, £236. 4. 6; signed by Jona-
than Gilman and John Bellamy.]
[Warrant, Oct. 30, 1765, authorizing Noah Hmery and Nicho-
las Gilman, gentlemen, to receive claims against the estate.]
[List of claims. May 15, 1769; amount, €203. 2. 7K; signed by
Noah Emery and Nicholas Oilman.]
Province of ) Pursuant to a Warrant to us Directed by
New Hampshire j the Hon^^'^ John Wentworth Esq' Judge of
the Probate of Wills &c for Said Province bearing date the 30*''
day of October 1765 Appointing us (together with John Phillips
Esq') to Sett off to Huldah Bowden of Exeter Relict widow of
John Bowden late of Exeter aforesaid Deceas'd Intestate Her
Dower which happens to her of the Real Estate of the Said
Intestate and of which he died Seiz'd being one full third part
thereof according to the Quantity & Quality of Said Estate, and
to Set forth the Same by Metes and Bounds to Hold to her in
Severalty —
We have Accordingly Sett off to her the Said Huldah Bcnvden
for her Dower of and in the Said Estate The Mansion house and
about Seventeen rods of Land Adjoyning theret(j in Exeter
aforesaid which the Said John Bowden Dyed Seiz'd cK: Pos-
sessed of, Bounded as Follows viz Begining at the Highway at
the North Easterly Corner of George Jaffrey Esq" Land, and
from thence to run North thirty Seven Degrees East Six rods
wanting three feet, to Land of Major Nathaniel Folsoni Then
East thirty nine Degrees South Two rods & Six feet, Thence
South Twenty four Degrees West Six Rods wanting Six feet,
Thence on a Strait Line to the bounds first begun at — To Hold
the Said Premisses and the appurtenances thereof (Excepting
the Joyners Shop Standing thereon for which She is to account
with the Said Judge She having Sold the Same) to her the Said
Huldah Bowden In Severalty During the Term of her Natural
Life In full of her Dower or thirds of the Real Estate of the Said
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Intestate — Given under our hands at Exeter the 14*'' day of
April Anno Domini 1766. —
Theo : Smith
John Rice
Sam^ Oilman j'
Nich« Oilman
Com'ittee
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £83. 3. o; expendi-
tures, £83. 13. 7>^; mentions "Paid for a Cofhn & Digging a
Grave for a Child who Died Soon after his Father. . . . paid
John Bowden for 2 p'' gloves & rum for the funeral of Daniel
the youngest child who died soon after his father. . . . Sup-
porting the Said youngest Child from the Death of his father
July 13*'' 1765 to October I Q*'^ 1765. . . . Supporting & bringing
up Michael another Son of the Dec<^ from July 13*^ 1765 to Feb'"y
27*^ 1767, when he arived to 7 years of age"; allowed June 28,
1769.]
ANDREW CLARKSON 1765 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Andrew Clarkson of Ports-
mouth, merchant, granted to his widow, Lydia Clarkson, Aug.
14. 1765-]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 527.]
[Bond of Lydia Clarkson, with James Clarkson and William
Knight, merchant, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of
£500, Aug. 14, 1765, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, Daniel Fowle, Robert Fowle.]
[Warrant, Aug. 14, 1765, authorizing Hunking Wentworth
and Samuel Penhallow, merchant, both of Portsmouth, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Aug. 15, 1765; amount, £130. 16. 11; signed by
Hunking Wentworth and Samuel Penhallow.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WH.LS 209
[List of claims against the estate April 29, 1767; amount.
i^357- II- 6><; signed by Samuel I'enhallow and William Knight. 1
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, 1*14.^. 18. 3; expendi-
tures, £130. 14. io><; filed June 24, I767.[
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, C357. ' •• f^; amount
distributed, £13. 3. 4^; allowed June 13, 1767.]
ROBERT ALEXANDER 1765 LONDOXDERRN
[Bond of Mary Alexander, widow, witli William Rogers and
John McCartney, yeomen, as sureties, all of Londonderry, in the
sum of £500, Aug. 17, 1765, for the administration of the estate
of Robert Alexander of Londonderry, yeoman; witnesses, Hugh
Sterling, Moses Barnett.]
[Warrant, Aug. 17, 1765, authorizing Moses Barnett, gentle-
man, and Robert Boyd, yeoman, both of Londonderry, to ap-
praise the estate.]
[Inventory, Sept. 6, 1765; amount, C477. 15. 8; signed by
Robert Boyd and Moses Barnett.]
LEVI HILDRETH 1765 PELHAM
[Administration on the estate of Lc\i Hildreth of Telham,
housewright, granted to Mary Hildreth Aug. 28, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 140.]
[Bond of Mary Hildreth, widow, with John Hambk'tt and
Ebenezer Jaques, yeomen, as sureties, all of Pelham, in the sum
of £500, Aug. 28, 1765, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, John Baldwin, John Ferguson.]
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210 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Warrant, Aug. 28, 1765, authorizing Capt. William Richard-
son and Benjamin Barker, both of Pelham, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, Oct. 10, 1765; amount, £142. 6. 6; signed by Wil-
liam Richardson and Benjamin Barker.]
[Petition of Mary Hildreth, May 26, 1766, for the appoint-
ment of Capt. William Richardson, gentleman, and Benjamin
Barker, husbandman, as commissioners on the estate, insolvent;
witnesses, William Richardson, Samuel Eastman.] _
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £118. 6. 4^^; expendi-
tures, £19. 14. 8; mentions "Support of the Children & Widow";
allowed July 19, 1768.]
[Levi Hildreth, minor, aged about 15, son of Levi Hildreth of
Pelham, deceased, makes choice of his uncle, David Clement
of Dracut, Mass., as his guardian April 30, 1771.]
[Middlesex Co., Mass., Probate Files.]
[Bond of David Clement, with Matthew Parker and Thomas
Varnum as sureties, all of Dracut, Mass., yeomen, in the sum of
£500, May 31, 1 77 1, for the guardianship of Levi Hildreth;
witnesses, John Varnum and Parker Varnum.]
[Middlesex Co., Mass., Probate Files.]
SAMUEL RANDALL 1765 SOMERSWORTH
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Randall of Somers-
worth, gentleman, granted to Eliphalet Randall of Berwick, Me.,
Sept. 12, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 543.]
[Warrant, Sept. 12, 1765, authorizing Moses Carr, physician,
and James Garvin, gentleman, both of Somersworth, to appraise
the estate.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 211
[Inventory, Sept. i6, 1765; amount, £2180. 3. o; siRncd by
Moses Carr and James Garvin.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, personal property as
inventoried; expenditures, £59. 16. 4; mentions "Widow Sarah
Randal" and "my BrotherSam' Randal " ;all()\v((l July 29. 1767. J
[Warrant, July 29, 1767, authorizing Moses Carr and iienja-
min Warren, yeoman, both of Somcrsworth, to receive claims
against the estate; mentions the a(hiiinistrator as son of the
deceased.]
[List of claims, June 22, 1769; amount, Cjr*- i4- 10^; signed
by Moses Carr and Benjamin Warren.]
[Additional account of the administrator; receipts, C49. 3. 10;
expenditures, £94. 6. 8; allowed April 9, 1794.]
JANE BORLAND 1765 BOSTON, M.V^S.
[Administration on the estate of Jane Borland granted to her
son, John Borland, Sept. 21, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 543.]
[Bond of John Borland of Cambridge, Mass., with William
Knight and John Penhallow, merchants, both of Portsmouth, as
sureties, in the sum of £500, Sept. 21, 1765, for the administra-
tion of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, Williani X'aughan.]
[Warrant, Dec. 12, 1765, authorizing Jonathan Lovewell,
Jonathan Blanchard, Robert Fletcher, gentleman, all of Dun-
stable, Jonathan Cummings of Merrimack, and John Stark of
Derryfield, gentlemen, to divide the New Hami)shire real estate
of Jane Borland, wife of Francis Borland of i^oston, Mass.,
deceased, among John Borland, oldest son, the legal representa-
tives of Jane Winthrop, deceased, wife of John Still Winthrop
of New London, Conn., and the legal representatives of i->ancis
Lendall Borland, deceased.]
212 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Province of 1 Pursuant to the Within Warrant We have
New Hamp"" / View'd the Real Estate of the within Named
Jane Borland Deceas'd & have Divided the Same as follows Viz —
To John Borland five Eighth parts of the Whole, Being his own
Double Share & half the Share of Fran^ Lendall Borland Dec"^
Which is four Lotts of Land & meadow Lying in a Farm CalH
Naticook or Brintons farm part in Litchfield & part in Merrymac
in Said Province being Lot N" Six River Lot Containing 202
acres N° 6 Back Lot Contain^ 168 acres Meadow Lot N° Six
12 acres Lying in Said Litchfield and N° 6 Containing 116 Acres
Lying in Merrymac Said Lots being Described by a plan of Said
Farm — and We have Set off to the Children of Jane Winthrop
three Eighths of the Real Estate aforesaid the Share of Said Jane
& half the Share of Fran^ Lendall Borland Dec^ which is three
Lots in S^ Farm N° 9 River Lot Cont^ 193 acres & N° 9 Back
Lot 290 acres & meadow Lot N° 9 23 acres Lying in Said Litch-
field & are Bounded & Discribed by the plan of Brintons farm
being all the Estate Shewn unto us
Jonathan Cumings )
John Stark > Com'^^
Rob* Fletcher
[Inventory, attested Aug. 27, 1766; amount, £631. o. o;
signed by Samuel Hobart and Robert Fletcher,]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £15. 8. 4; expendi-
tures, £20, 13. 10; allowed March 9, 1767.]
JOHN CROMMETT 1765 DURHAM
[Administration on the estate of John Crommett of Durham,
yeoman, granted to his widow. Sobriety Crommett, Sept. 25,
1765-]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 551.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 213
[Bond of Sobriety Crommett, with Joseph IMiomas of Durham,
gentleman, and Theophilus Smith of Exeter as sureties, in the
sum of £500, Sept. 25, 1765, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Richard Wibird Penhallow, William Parker.]
[Inventory, Sept. 5, 1766; amount, £594. i. o; signed by
Benjamin Smith and Thomas Tash.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, l'6o4. 15. 6; expenrli-
tures, £46, 2. o; filed May 27, 1767.]
[Warrant, May 28, 1767, authorizing Joseph ^'oung, Hubartus
Neal of Newmarket, gentlemen, Ebenezer Thompson, physician,
John Smith, schoolmaster, and Trueworthy Durgin, yeoman, all
of Durham, to divide the real estate.]
Pursuant to a Warrant from the Hon'''*' John Wentworth Esq'
Judge of the Probate of wills &<= for the Province of Newhamp-
shire Appointing us the Subscribers a Committee to make Divi-
sion of the Real Estate of John Cromett Late of Durham in
Said Province Deceased Intestate among the wife and Heirs of
Said Intestate we have made a Division of Said Estate in man-
ner following viz —
To Sobriety Cromett widow & Relict of Said Intestate one
third of Said Real Estate Laying all in the late homstead farm
of Said Deceased as follows about Two acres of land Being Part
of a Lot of Land known by the Name of the Cod Butted and
Bounded as follows Beginning at a heap of Stones By the high-
way & Runs by the highway Northerly Twelve rods & one
half rod to Land of CoP Joseph Smith then by Said Smiths Land
Northwesterly about 25 rods to Lamperecl River then Down by
the River 12 rods to a small pine Tree Spotted on four Sides
and from that Tree to the first bounds also about one acre of
Land Beginning at a Pine Tree Near the Northwesterly corner
of the house and from thence East 22 rods then X 36° W» 10
Rods then S 74° W 15 rods then on a Strait Line to the first
Bounds, also about 10 acres and 3 Quarters of an acre as follows
214 ^^EW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Being Part of the field Beginning at a heap of Stones by the high-
way and Runs by the highway Southerly 26 Rods to land of
Benjamin Smith Esq'' and then by Said Smiths Land Easterly
to Land of Joshua Crometts and then by Said Crometts Land
Northerly 20 rods to a Stake and from thence on a Strait Line to
the first Bounds also about 13 acres and a half of Land as follows
Beginning at the Corner of a Lane that Leads to Lubberland (so
Called) by the highway and Runs By said Lane 61 rods to Land
of Benjamin Smith Esq'' then by said Smiths Land 53 rods to
Land of John Bennet and by Bennets Land fifty four rods to the
highway and by the highway to the first Bounds also all that Part
of the Dwelling house of said Intestate that is upon the Lower
Floors and one third of the Priviledge of the Cellar and Garret
and also about one third part of said Intestates Barn viz, the
Linter to Tie up Cattle across the western End thereof and all
the Scaffolds to Lay hay on, with free Liberty to Pass and Repas
to & from Said house and Barn as will be Necessary to use the
Same, with Liberty to Lay firewood By the house &c —
To James Cromett Son of Ebenezer Cromett who was Son of
Said Intestate his heirs and assigns forever one third of Said
Estate viz. Beginning at a heap of Stones By the highway Six
Rods and a half Below the Well and from thence 14 rods and a
half to a heap of Stones Being one of the Bounds of Land Sat of
By these presents to the widow and from thence By the Widows
Land Easterly to Land of Joshua Cromet & then By Said Crom-
ets Land Northerly 30 rods then on a Strait Line to the first
bounds Containing about Eight acres and one Quarter of an acre,
also about 20 acres of Land at a place Called the hook in Durham
afors<^ Being the Lot Num'' 100 in the Second Division of Com-
mon Lands in Said town & was Originally granted to the afors"^
Intestate, also about fourteen acres of Land at a Place Called the
Cod Being part of the homestead Beginning at a Tree marked
By Lampereel river and from thence Down by the river 6 rods
to Land of Joshua Cromet and then By Said Crometts Land
Southerly and Easterly to the highway and By that Northerly
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28 rods to a small pine Spotted then on a Strait Line to the
Bounds First mentioned by the river also some part of the hf)use
viz the Southerly half of the Chambers that is one half of all the
rooms on the Second floors in Said house together with one third
of the Cellar & Garrets, Likewise one third of the Barn that is
one half of the Ground Mow or Bay on the F:astern end of Said
Barn with the Eastern half of the Linter that is on the Northern
part of the Barn with free Liberty to Pass and Repass from to
and about the house and Barn —
To Ebenezer Cromett Son of Ebenezer Cromett Deceased who
was Son of Said Intestate his heirs and Assigns forever one third
of Said Estate viz. Part of the homestead Beginning at the \ VV
Corner Bounds of Land Sat of to James by these presents By the
highway Six Rods and one half Rod Below the well and from
thence up By the highway northerly about 8 rods to one acre of
Land Sat of By these presents to the widow and then b>- the
widow^s Easterly and Land of Joshua Cromet Easterly and South-
erly to Land of James Sat of By these presents and By that to the
first bounds Being about 8 acres and one half acre, also alx)ut
Eighteen acres of Land Laid out to The Said Intestate near a
Place Called Wadleys mill in the Parish of Lee formerly Durham
adjoining to Land of Samuel and Nathaniel Watson for Butts
and Bounds Reference being had to the Return thereof under the
Lottlayers hands, also about five acres and one half acre of the
homestead farm Laying as followeth viz. Beginning By the Lane
that Leads from the highway to the house and Runs Northerly
By the highw^ay to Land of Joshua Cromett and then by Said
Crometts Lands Easterly and Southerly Round to one acre of
Land Sat of By these presents to the widow and then By Said
one acre to the place first mentioned — Likewise about Eleven
acres of Land part of the Before named Cod, Beginning at a
Small pine Spotted By Lampereel river being the bounds of 2
acres Sat of to the widow 12 rods down the river from CoP
Joseph Smiths land and from thence Down the river as that Runs
untill it Comes to the Land Sat of By these presents to James one
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of the heirs and then By that Easterly to the highway and then
By the highway 28 rods northerly to the afors<^ 2 acres sat of to the
widow and By that Westerly to the first bounds also the North-
ern half of the Chambers or Rooms on the Second floors in the
Dwelling house Together with one third of the Cellars and Gar-
rets Likewise one third of the Barn Being half of the Ground
mow or Bay Laying at the Eastern End of it and the western
half of the Linter to Tie Cattle up on the Northern side of the
Barn Excepting a Reserve made By these Presents for the widow
and other heir of a Privilidge to Pass and Repass Sufficient for
the free use and Benefit of their Respective parts in the house
and Barn. Dated at Durham the 20**^ Day of June Anno Domini
1767 —
Hubartus Neal
Trueworthy Durgin
Joseph Young
Ebenezer Thompson
John Smith
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THOMAS COLBURN 1765 HUDSON
[Administration on the estate of Thomas Colburn of Notting-
ham West, gentleman, granted to his widow, Mary Colburn,
Sept. 30, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 140.]
[Bond of Mary Colburn, with Samuel Greeley, Jr., gentleman,
and George Burns, yeoman, as sureties, all of Nottingham West,
in the sum of £800, Sept. 30, 1765, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Dorcas Snow, Jonathan Lovewell.]
[Warrant, Sept. 30, 1765, authorizing Samuel Greeley, Jr.,
and George Burns to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Sept. 30, 1765; amount, £762. 13. 8; signed by
Samuel Greeley, Jr., and George Burns.]
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JAMES HOBBS 1765 PKI.IIAM
[Administration on the estate of James n()l)l)s of Pelham,
clerk, granted to his widow, p:iizal)eth Ilohhs, Oct. i, 1765.)
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 551.]
[Bond of Elizabeth Hohbs, with Ehenezer Batcheidcr, yeo-
man, and Nathaniel Batchelder. gentleman, both of Kingston,
as sureties, in the sum of £200, Oct. i, 1765. for the administra-
tion of the estate; witnesses, Samuel F'ifield, Jr., William I'arker
Jr.]
[Warrant, Oct. 3. 1765, authorizing William Parker, Jr.
and Jacob Gale, gentleman, both of Kingston, to ap|)raise the
estate.]
[Inventory, Oct. 16, 1765; amount, £236. 5. 11; signed by
William Parker, Jr., and Jacob Gale.]
THOMAS WIBIRD 1765 PORTSMOITH
In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Wil)ird of Portsmouth in
the Province of New Hampshire Esq"" being Weak of Body and
in an Infirm State of health * * *
Item I give to M" Charity Priest and to Temperance Green-
ough who have both lived with me to Each of them One hundred
pounds old Tenor to be paid in Goods out of the Shop at cash
price this I intend as a free gift besides what is otherway due to
Either of them —
Item I give to the reverend M"" Wheelock for the use of his
Indian School to be applied for that purpose in such Way &
manner as he shall judge best to advance and promote the In-
struction of the Indian Schollars there the Sum of Sixty pounds
Sterling he to render an account to the Committee of the first
Church in Portsmouth
Item I give to the President and Fellows of Hars'ard College
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or whoever has the care of Purchasing books to Augment the
Library there the Sum of fifty pounds Sterling to be laid out in
books to be added to the said Library only I desire that among
them there may be two Sets of M"" Henry's Exposition of the
Bible and two Sets of M"" Flavels works that there may be the
greater Opportunity for reading those Excellent works. These
two last Legacies I order to be paid out of the rents & Income
of my Estate and to be paid as fast as they can be raised in that
way by my Executor and no Sooner the first of said Sums viz that
for the use of the Indian School to be first paid — and the other
afterwards as Soon as may be in the way of aforesaid —
Item I give & bequeath all my Silver plate to the Church of
Christ of which I am a Member to be Converted and Manu-
factured into a flaggon under the Care of the Committee of said
Church for the time being for the use of said Church & their
Successors forever the said Committee to render an account of
the Expence of doing the same to the Church — ■
Item I give & Devise to Thomas Penhallow son of my Niece
Sarah Penhallow and Thomas Wibird Weare son of jNIehetabel
Weare all my land in Chester in New Hampshire Equally Di-
vided between them and to their Respective heirs & assigns — I
also give to the said Mehetabel Weare all my Wearing Apparel
excepting my watch and gold rings —
Item I give and Devise to the Reverend D"" Samuel Langdon
my Minister all my right Title Interest and Demand whatsoever
which I have or ought to have of in and unto the Last Division
of Lands in the Township of Rochester in New Hampshire to
him his Heirs and assigns
Item I give & Devise to the Rev^ M'' Joseph Pierce of Har-
rington all my right Title & Demand in & unto that tract of Land
in Harrington aforesaid which I Purchased of the Com*^^ of the
Proprietors of said Barrington which was Originally William -
Foss's to him his heirs and assigns
Item I give & bequeath to the Com**® of the Church of which
I am a ^Member One hundred pounds old Tenor to be laid out in
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219
books of Piety & Devotion to be lent out for such times as the
said Committee Shall Jud^^e Proper to Poor Pe()i)le of the first
Parish in this Town as they shall need them to l>e carefully re-
turnd & lent to others cS: so to (^ontinue this Sum is to Ik- Im-
mediately paid out of my Personal Instate
Item all the rest residue and Remainder of my Kstate Real c*l'
Personal I give and Devise to my Nephew thi- Rever** M' An-
thony Wibird and M" Sarah Penhallow lujually Divided U-twecn
them their Heirs and assigns but only with this Limitation
that if the Said Anthony Shoud have no Lawful Issue thi-n he
shall have only an Interest therein during his life that is if shall
have no Lawful Issue he shall have Only an Lstate for Life if he
has such his Estate shall be a fee Simple and in the first case
ij after his Decease his part of Said Estate Shall go to the Said
Sarah Penhallow her heirs and assigns and in Case of htr I )ecease
first then to her Children & their Heirs and assigns I also give
to her a mourning Ring I had at the Death of my mother and
to the said Anthony the ring I had at the funeral of M' Andrew
Pepperrell Lastly I Constitute and Appoint M"" John Penhallow
Sole Execuf^ of this my last Will and Testament & Revoke all
other Wills by me heretofore made In Witness whereof I have
here unto Set my hand & Seal the I2**' Day of OctoU^r 1765
Tho* Wibird
[Witnesses] Tho« Hart, Clement March, William Parker.
[Proved Nov. 22, 1765.]
[Account of the executor; receipts, £18,142. 13. o; expendi-
tures, £25,513. I. 10; allowed July i, I773-]
ISAAC KIMBALL 1765 BRADFORD. MASS.
[Administration on the estate of Isaac Kimball of Bradfoni.
Mass., yeoman, granted to his son, Isaac Kimball, Oct. 15, i7^>5l
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 558.]
220 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond of Isaac Kimball, with Elisha Woodbury and Jeremiah
Dow as sureties, all of Salem, yeomen, in the sum of £10,000,
Oct. 15, 1765, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
William Vaughan, Richard Wibird Penhallow.]
[Warrant, Oct. 15, 1765, authorizing Daniel Massey and John
Hall, both of Salem, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Oct. 24, 1765; amount, £307, 12. 6; signed by Dan-
iel Massey and John Hall.]
[Warrant, Nov. 18, 1768, authorizing John Hall, Daniel
Massey, Peter Merrill, yeomen, Joseph Wright, and Moody
Morse, physician, all of Salem, to appraise the real estate in
New Hampshire for settlement on the oldest son.]
[Appraisal, Jan. 30, 1769, of lands in Dunstable, Monson,
Salem, and Chester at £321. 16. 8; signed by John Hall, Daniel
Massey, Peter Merrill, and Joseph Wright.]
[Order of court, April 4, 1769, settling the estate on Isaac
Kimball, oldest son, it not being capable of division into -six
shares.]
[Account of the administrator ; receipts, £8. 10. 8 ; expenditures,
£24. 9. 5; allowed April 4, 1769.]
[Receipts for their shares in the estate of their father, Isaac
Kimball, by Jeremiah Dow of Salem and his wife, Lydia Dow,
in her right, James Gage of Pelham and his wife, Rebecca Gage,
in her right, Jonathan Kimball of Bradford, Mass., and Joseph
Kimball, Jr., of Bradford, Mass., as guardian of Aquila Kimball.]
HENRY APTHORP 1765 PORTSMOUTH
[License, Oct. 21, 1765, to George Meserve of Portsmouth,
acting executor, to sell real estate of Henry Apthorp of Ports-
mouth, merchant, deceased.]
NEW HAMPSniRK WILLS 221
JOSEPH NEWMARCH 1765 NEWCASTI.K
[Administration on the estate of Joseph Newmarcli of New-
castle granted to Henry Prescott Oct. 22, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 8.)
[Bond of Henry Prescott of Newcastle, mercliant. with SanuicI
Haven, clerk, and Amini Ruhamah Cutter, physician. Iwith of
Portsmouth, as sureties, in the sum of il^iX), Oct. 22, 1765. for
the administration of the estate; witnesses. Richard Wihird
Penhallow, William Parker.]
[Warrant, Oct. 22, 1765, authorizing Abraham Trefethen and
John Simpson, both of Newcastle, mariners, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, attested Oct. 31, 1765; amount. £480. 6. 4; signed
by John Simpson and Abraham Trefethen.]
CALEB TOWLE. JR. 1765 DAWILLK
[Administration on the estate of Caleb Towle. Jr., of Hawke,
yeoman, granted to his widow, Ruth Towle, Oct. 22, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 115.]
[Bond of Ruth Towle, widow, with Jabez Page and Caleb
Towle, yeomen, as sureties, all of Hawke. in the sum of C5(X),
Oct. 22, 1765, for the administration of the estate of Caleb
Towle, Jr., of Hawke, yeoman; witnesses, Dyer Hook. Thomas
Page.]
[Guardianship of Abigail Towle, aged less than 14 years.
daughter of Caleb Towle, granted to Caleb Towle Oct. 4. I7f'5l
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 558.]
[Bond of Caleb Towle, innholder. with Elisha Batchelder and
David Tilton, yeomen, as sureties, all of Hawke, in the sum of
£500. Oct. 4, 1765, for the guardianship of Abigail Towle; wit-
nesses, Samuel Hobart, Theodate Batchelder.]
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[Inventory, attested Dec. 21, 1765; amount, £135. 4. o; signed
by Jonathan Greeley and Zaccheus Clough.]
[List of claims against the estate, Sept., 1767; amount,
£42, 4. 3; signed by Thomas Elkins and William Parker, Jr.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £145. 14. o; expendi-
tures, £67. 1. 1 ; mentions "Keeping the Child 2 years & 7 months";
allowed June 28, 1769.]
[Petition of Ruth Towle, June 28, 1769, for guardianship of
her only child, a daughter aged about 4 years at the death of the
father.]
[Warrant, Sept. 26, 1769, authorizing John Clough, Abraham
Smith, husbandmen, Zaccheus Clough, gentleman, John Brown^
yeoman, all of Poplin, and Elisha Sanborn of Brentwood, yeo-
man, to set off the widow's dower.]
Province of \ In obedience to a Warrant Directed to us
NewHampr | By the Honourable John Wentworth Esq' Judge
of Probates of wills for Said Province we have Set off one third
Part of the Real Esteate of Caleb Towle Junr Late of Hawke
Deceasd to the Widow Ruth Towle and Have Bounded it as
follows (viz) Begining at the South West corner of Ruben
Bachelders Land & Runing Southerly Binding on the high way
that Leads from Eph™ Elkens to Poplin Seventeen Rods to a
Stake & Stone from thence to run Easterly about thirty Six
Rods to a Small Pople Tree Spoted on four Sides Standing By
Deacon Pages fence w^ith a heap of stones By it from thence
Runing Northerly Seventeen Rods Binding on Deacon Pages
Land to Ruben Bachelders Land from thence Runing westerly
Binding on Said Bachelders land to the Bounds first Begun at
as witness our hands
Dated at Hawke October 7*^ 1769
Elisha Sanborn jr
John Brown
Zacch« Clough
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NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 223
JAMES ROGERS 1765 LONDONDr.Rin'
[Administration on the estate of James Rogers of Londonderry
granted to Alexander Blair Oct. 25, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 23.]
[Bond of Alexander Blair of Londonderry, gentleman, with
James Adams of Londonderry, gentleman, and Hugh Ramsey of
Merrimack, yeoman, as sureties, in the sum of £5(K), Oct. 25,
1765, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, WiHiani
Parker, Richard Wibird Penhallow.]
THOMAS BROWN 1765 HAMPTON 1 ALl.s
In the Name of God amen this twenty Eighth I )ay of Octolxr
in the Sixth year of his Majestys Reign And in the 'S'ear of Our
Lord Christ 1765 — I Thomas Brown of Hampton falls in the
Province of New Hampshire Yeoman * * *
Item I Give and Bequeath to my wellbeloved wife Mehetable
One Cow & the Houshold Goods which she brought with her or
have been Commonly Called hers. And my will is that my said
wife shall have no more Out of my Personal Estate as she has al-
ready Receivd & Improved Some Part to her Own use and I )isposai
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son Joseph Brown a tract of
Land in Kensington where he now lives Containing by Estima-
tion thirty five acres with the Dwelling House and Barn thereon ;
also A Lott of Land in the Township of Chester in the Province
aforesaid Laid Out for Eighty Acres be the Same more or Less to
the Original Right of Eleazar Russell Said Place where my Said
Son lives and Said Eighty Acres I Give him to Use and Improve
During the term of his Natural Life And After his Decease the
said Lands in Kensington with the Buildings to my Grandsons
Joseph Brown And Benjamin Brown Sons of my Said Son Josi'ph
Equally Between them to them their heirs cS: assigns Each One
half in Severalty in fee Simple; And the Said Eighty Acre Lott in
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Chester to my Grandson Benjamin Brown Son of my said Son
Joseph in fee Simple to my said Grandson his heirs & assigns.
I Also Give And Bequeath to my Said Son Joseph to him his
heirs & assigns all the Remaining Lands I Own in Kensington
aforesaid and a forty acre Lott in Chester aforesaid Laid Out
to the same Original Right, also a Piece of Marsh in Hampton
falls aforesaid Containing About one acre and a half On the
Southerly Side of Browns Point so Called Bounding westerly by
a Ditch between this Piece And my Other Marsh, Also a Piece of
marsh Containing About One Acre Near Waltons mill so Called.
I Also Give to my Said Son Joseph twenty Pounds Lawfull
money to be Paid by My Executor Within five Years after my
Decease
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son Thomas Brown to him
his heirs And assigns Part of my Homestead with the Dwelling
House And Barn thereon where my said Son now Lives the Part
of my place which he is to have is Bounded as follows viz* To
Begin at John Brown's Gate at the Lower End of what I have
Given to my Son John as mentioned in this my will And to
Run Easterly Carrying the wedth of my Land And marsh L'ntill
it Comes to the Ditch which is the Western Boundary of that
piece of marsh which I have Given to my Son Joseph on the
Southerly Side of Browns Point. I also Give to my Said Son
Thomas his heirs and assigns two Lotts of Land in Chester
One Laid Out for fifty Acres near Deacon Dearbon's the Other
Laid Out for Sixty Acres near MacMurfeys INIills, both on the
Original Right of Eleazer Russell; also One Acre of marsh in
Hampton falls aforesaid which was formerly Foulsams on the
Southerly Side of the Point; Also three Acres of marsh lying in
the Bend of Perkins's River which was formerly Sanborns Also
five Acres of Upland which I Bought of Nathan Cram Near
Jonathan Weares mills: also three Acres lying on the Notherly
Side the Mill Road Between Land formerly Daniel Weare's and
land formerly Jonathan Gove's; I also Give my said Son Thomas
the Priviledge for ten years of having one quarter part of the
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apples which shall Grow in my Orchard that is on that part of
my Homestead which I have Given to my Son John
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son John Brown his heirs
and assigns Part of my Homestead where I now livf \i/' my
Dwelling House and Barn and Buildings and my Land as it is
in fence from the Countrey Road Down to the Ciatc Called John
Browns Gate, also all my Land in Chester not Otherwise Dis-
posed of in this my will also a Piece of Tjiland Containing About
fourteen Acres Lying on the Easterly Side of a Pasture in the
Improvement of Meshech Weare Commonly Called the Great
Hill Pasture also about five Acres which I Own in said Pasture
Also A Piece of marsh Containing About Seven Acres Lying on
the Notherly Side of Browns Point Bounding by John Brown's
Upland. What I have here given to my said Son John my \\ ill
and Meaning is that he shall Come into the Possc-ssion And
Improvement thereof when he shall Arrive at the Age of twenty
one years and in the mean time that he be lender the Care of his
Mother and that she have the Managing and Improving of it
for my Said Son's Benefit
I also Give to my said Son John the Wood which is or shall l)e
Standing Growing or being on One Acre in that part of my
farm which I have given to my Son Thomas which Acre lyes to
the Southward of the Landing Place Barrs so Called as the same
is Staked Out And my said Son John shall have full Liberty to
Cut and Carry off said wood for his own use As he shall have
Occasion for the term of twenty years
Furthermore my Will is And I do herel)y Order that all my
Personal Estate of whatsoever Denomination shall be Ecjually
Divided Between my two Sons Thomas Brown and John Brown
Except Sufficient for to pay my Honest And Just Debts c\: funeral
Charges And Necessary Charges for Setling my Estate and the
twenty Pounds Above mentioned Given to my Son Joseph
Lastly I Do by these Presents Constitute «S: appoint my Son
Thomas Brown Sole Executor * ♦ ♦
Thomas ikown
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[Witnesses] Meshech Weare, Elijah Peaslee, Benjamin Conner.
[Proved Nov. 27, 1765.]
[Warrant, Nov. 27, 1765, authorizing Meshech Weare and
Elisha Brown, gentleman, both of Hampton Falls, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, April, 1766; amount, £663. 2. 6; signed by
Meshech Weare and Elisha Brown.]
[Caveat of Meshech Weare, June 28, 1774, against the allow-
ance of the executor's account without notice.]
[Account of the executor; receipts, £232. 19. 9; expenditures,
£48. 19. 2>^; filed Aug., 1774.]
DANIEL THING
1765
EXETER
In the Name of God amen the Twenty Eighth day of October
annoque domini one Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty five I
Daniel Thing of Exeter in the Province of Newhampshire in
New England Clothier * * *
Item I Give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife Elizabeth
Thing one half of my household Goods, three Cows, all my
Swine, and what Corn and meat which I Shall leave at my de-
cease, to be hers and at her disposal forever, and I Give unto my
Said wife the Improvement of my home Place with the orchard
and buildings Standing thereon, and of all my land lying between
the land belonging to the heirs of Nathaniel Bartlett Jun"" de-
ceased and Thomas Lords land, and of all my land lying on the
Southerly Side of the little River (So Called) and Sufficiant fire
wood for the maintainance of one fire to be provided for her at
my dwelling house in Exeter aforesaid by my Son Stephan Thing
So long as She Shall Remain my widow, Excepting only one fire
Room in Said dwelling house.
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227
Item I Give and bequeath unto my beloved Son Stei)han
Thing his heirs and assigns forever my dwelling house barn
orchard and all my home Place and all my land lying by Thomas
Lords land with the barn Standing thereon, and all my land lying
on the Southerly Side of the little River (So Called) in Hxeter
aforesaid and all my land lying in Eppin in the Province afore
Said together with the dwelling house and barn Standing thereon,
and all my other Real Estate wharesoever it lays or may Ix"
found, and I Give him the bed which he usually lodges on when
at Eppin together with the beding belonging thereto, he paying
out as I have alredy ordered and Shall hereafter order in this my
will, and I Give my Said Son my wareing appariel and all the
Remainder of my Personal Estate which I have not alredy dis-
l)Osed of or Shall hereafter otherways dispose of in this my will
Item I Give and bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Martha
Thing my largest Silver Cup, and the value of Twenty four
Pounds Stirling the one half thereof to be Paid to her within Six
months after my decease, and the other half within Six months
after her mothers decease in the Currancy that then Shall be
passing in the Province aforesaid
Item I Give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Cnice
Thing my smaulest Silver Cup and the value of Twenty four
Pounds Stirling the one half thereof to be Paid to her within Six
months after my decease and the other half within Six months
after her mothers decease in the Currency that Shall then be
Passing in the Province aforesaid.
Item I Give and bequeath unto my Cirand daughter Molley
Thing the only Surviving Child of my Son Bartholomew Thing
deceased the value of Twenty four Pounds Stirling to Ix? paid to
her when She Shall arive to the age of Eighteen years in the
Currancy which Shall then be passing in the Province aforesaid,
and my will is that if my Said Grand daughter do not live to the
age of Eighteen years, that then what I have Given to her in this
my will Shall Remain in the hands of my Executor to his own
disposall
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Item I Give and bequeath unto my two daughters aforesaid
viz Martha Thing and unice Thing all the Remainder of my
household Goods which I have not Expressly Given away before
in this my will to be Equally divided between them, and I Give
my Said daughters the Improvment of one fire Room in the
house in which I now dwell So long as they or Either of them
Shall Remain unmaried.
Finally I do hereby Constitute appoint make and ordain my
beloved Son Stephan Thing aforesaid my Sole Executor * * *
Daniel Thing
[Witnesses] Nich« Gilman, Chris° Rymes, Barth^ Gilman.
[Proved June 25, 1766.]
[Warrant, June 25, 1766, authorizing Nicholas Gilman, gentle-
man, and Trueworthy Gilman, tanner, both of Exeter, to ap-
praise the estate.]
[Inventory, Sept. 23, 1766; amount, £640. 18. 6; signed by
Nicholas Gilman and Trueworthy Gilman.]
BENJAMIN CILLEY 1765 DANVILLE
[Administration on the estate of Benjamin Cilley of Hawke,
gentleman, granted to his widow, Judith Cilley, Oct. 29, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 23.]
[Bond of Judith Cilley, with Job Kenniston of Brentwood and
John Darling of Kingston, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of ,
£400, Oct. 29, 1765, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, William Parker, Jr., John Cilley.]
Province of 1 the Deposition of John thorn Jun' Sarah
New Hampshire / Keniston wife of Job Keniston & Mary thorn
all of Lawful age who testifieth & say that on the 22'^'^ Day of
September 1765 the said Deponents being at the Dwelling
NEW HAMPSHIRt; WILLS 229
House of Benjamin Sclly of Kingston in said Province Since
Deceas'i j^ the time of his last sickness; that He the said Selly
then Called two of the Deponents to him and Desired them to
take Notice that He Gave his mare & C\)\v to his wife and his
oxen being one yoke to his two sons John tS: M()S(>s and also his
Bigest Heifer to his son Aaron and that the saiil Benjamin Selly
appeared to the said Deponents at that time to he in the l^xercise
of his Reason
John tiiorn Jn'
her
Sarah X Keniston
mark
her
Mary X thorn
mark
[Inventory, March 19, 1766; amount, C121. 17. o; signed by
James Bean and Jacob Hook.]
[List of claims against the estate, May i, 1767; amount,
£233. II. I ; signed by William Parker, Jr., and Josiah Bartlett.j
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £83. 6. o; expendi-
tures, £41. 12. 10; allowed June 10, 1768.]
[Settlement of claims; amount distributed, £41. 13. 2; al-
lowed June 16, 1768.]
ALEXANDER CALDWELL 1765 LlTrnFU-LI)
In the Name of God Amen I Alexander Caldwell of Litchfield
in the Province of Newhampshire Yeoman Being Sensioble of
my Approaching Dissolution * * *
Item my will is & I do herby Bequeath unto my Beloved wife
Margret for her maintenance & support after my Decease Dur-
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ing her natural Life the Improvement of one Third part of my
Real Estate in Litchfield with one half of the Buildings on the
Same and one half of all my personal Estate
Item I give and Bequeath unto my son Thomas Caldwell five
shillings sterling to be paid by my Executors out of my Estate in
one year after my Dicease which is his full part out of my Estate
with what I have allready Given him
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Agness Stinson
five shillings sterling to be paid out of my Estate by my Execu-
tors within one year after my Decease which is her full part out
of my Estate with what I have allready Given her
Item I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughter mary Christy five
shillings sterling to be paid out of my Estate by my Executors
within one year after my Decease which is her full part out of my
Estate with what I have already Given her
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my son William Caldwell
forty five pounds Sterling money to be paid by my Executors out
of my Estate within one year after my Decease which is his full
part out of my Estate with what I have allready Given him
Item I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughter Margret Caldwell
twenty two pounds ten shillings sterling money to be paid by my
Executors out of my Estate within one year after my Decease
with Interest for the Same from this day till paid which is her full
part out of my Estate with what I have already Given her
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my two sons James & Alex-
ander in Equall propotion all the Remainder of my Estate Real
& personal to be Equally Devided within one year after my De-
cease and allso all the third Left to my said Wife to the Said
James & x^lex' in Equal propotion at her Decease
and my will is that if either of my Children Die Before they
have Lawfull Isue there part or potion be Equally Devided Be-
tween those who are now unmarried
Item my will is and I do hereby Constitute ordain and make
my Said wife Margret Caldwell and Samuel Barr Esq'' of London-
derry Jointly & severly Executors of this my Last will & testa-
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 2^
ment Ratifying and Confirming whatsoever is afore writcn In
Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this
Thirtyeth day of October in the sixth year <.f his majestyes
Reign Annoque Domini 1765 Alex Caldwell
[Witnesses] William Patterson, Arthur Darrah, James I nder-
wood.
[Proved June 30, 1766.]
[Inventory, Sept., 1766; amount, £267. o. o; signed by James
Underwood and Arthur Darrah.)
JOSEPH HEATH 1765 KINGSTON
[Administration on the estate of Joseph Heath of Kingston
granted to his widow, Sarah Heath, Oct. 30, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 24.]
[Bond of Sarah Heath, with Jeremy Webster and John 1 )<Mlge,
yeoman, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, Oct. 30, 1765, for the
administration of the estate; witness, William Vaughan.j
[Inventory, ]\Iay 27, 1767; amount, £112. 19. 6; signed by
Isaac Webster and Thomas Johnson.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £63. 8. ii>i; ex-
penditures, £46. 6. o; allowed Oct. 29, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 25, p. 16. j
[Settlementof claims; amount of claims, £69. i. 6; amount dis-
tributed, £11. 3. o; allowed May 4, 1768.]
[Probate Records, vol. 25, p. 163.]
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JOSEPH SARGENT 1765 NEWCASTLE
[Administration on the estate of Joseph Sargent of Newcastle,
physician, granted to Edward Sargent of Newcastle, mariner,
Oct. 30, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 23.]
[Bond of Edward Sargent, with Alcock Stevens and Thomas
Furber, both of Portsmouth, as sureties, in the sum of £500,
Oct. 30, 1765, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
William Parker, Richard Wibird Penhallow.]
[Warrant, Oct. 30, 1765, authorizing Henry Prescott, mer-
chant, and Benjamin Randall, mariner, both of Newcastle, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Jan. 15, 1766; amount, £6. 15. o; signed by Henry
Prescott and Benjamin Randall.]
SAMUEL POOR 1765 RAYMOND
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Poor of Raymond,
yeoman, granted to Samuel Poor Oct. 30, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 24.]
[Bond of Samuel Poor of Raymond, yeoman, with Benjamin
Whittier of Raymond and Henry Moore of Chester, gentleman,
as sureties, in the sum of £500, Oct. 30, 1765, for the administra-
tion of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, William Vaughan.]
[Inventory, Feb. 25, 1766; amount, £202. 5. 5; signed by
Henry Moore and Nathaniel Etheridge.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 233
JOHN OILMAN 1765 KINGSTON
[Administration on the estate of John Oilman of KinKston,
yeoman, granted to his widow, Sarah Oilman, Oct. 30, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 23.)
[Bond of Sarah Oilman, with James Bean and ILdward Stevens,
both of Brentwood, yeoman, as sureties, in the sum of £5(K),
Oct. 30, 1765, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
William Parker, Richard Wibird Penhallow.]
[Inventory, April 28, 1766; amount, £853. 16. o; signed by
Jonathan Smith and James Bean.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £384. 19. o; expendi-
tures, £222. 3. 3>^; allowed July 28, 1773.]
[Bond of Nicholas Oilman of Raymond, gentleman, with
Josiah Bartlett of Kingston and John Dudley of Raymond as
sureties, in the sum of £1000, June 2, 1774, for the administration
de bonis non of the estate; witnesses, John Pearson, Moses Par-
sons, John Robinson, Jonathan Hill.]
[Warrant, June 2, 1774, authorizing Benjamin Stevens, hus-
bandman, and Samuel Philbrick, yeoman, both of Kingston, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Nov. i, 1774; amount, £6. 6. 6; signed by Benja-
min Stevens and Samuel Philbrick.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £276. 6. 6; expendi-
tures, £273. 2. 7>^; mentions the deceased as father of the ad-
ministrator; allowed July 31, 1776.]
OBADIAH DUSTIN 1765 SAI.KM
[Administration on the estate of Obadiah Dustin of Salem,
yeoman, granted to Ruth Dustin Oct. 30, 1765-1
(Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 115.]
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[Bond of Ruth Dustin, widow, with Nathaniel Woodman and
Caleb Dustin, yeomen, as sureties, all of Salem, in the sum of
£500, Oct. 30, 1765, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, William Parker, Richard Wibird Penhallow.]
[Inventory, Sept. 4, 1765; amount, £1943. 7. o; signed by
Obadiah Eastman and Nathaniel Woodman.]
[Guardianship of Obadiah Dustin and Abigail Dustin, minors,
aged more than 14 years, children of Obadiah Dustin, granted to
Caleb Dustin Oct. 30, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 115.]
[Bond of Caleb Dustin of Salem, yeoman, with Nathaniel
Woodman of Salem, yeoman, and James Paul of Londonderry,
trader, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Oct. 30, 1765, for the
guardianship of Obadiah Dustin and Abigail Dustin ; witnesses,
William Parker, Richard Wibird Penhallow.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £147. 17. 10^; ex-
penditures, £95. 14. 8}4; mentions "Maintaining two of the
Deceases Children under 7 years of age 2 years Each"; allowed
June 24, 1767.]
[Warrant, Oct. 26, 1768, authorizing Timothy Ladd of Atkin-
son, John Currier, Nathaniel Woodman, Daniel Gordon, all of
Salem, and James Paul of Londonderry, yeomen, to divide the
real estate.]
Province of 1 Wee the Subscribers Being appoynted a
New Hamp"" / Commitee By the Hon^'^® the Judge of the
Probate of Wills &c for said Province to make Portion and Divi-
sion of the Rael Estate of obediah Duston of Salem In said
Province yeoman DeC^ amongst the Heirs of said Decs"^ Wee
have acordingly Done the same and Have also By the Request
of the widow of said Decs*^ and By the Consent and approbation
of the Gueardeain to and for the Eldest son Have Presum'^ to
set of the widows Dower In maner & form following (Viz) of
obediah Rite we have set of to the widow the House with a
I
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235
Priviledge to the Roade of about five Rods front U^Kinin^ at
an apple Tree about three Rods South easterly from said house
Near the stone wall by the Roade thence Norwesterly alK)ut ten
Rods to a stake and stones standing in the Line of David Dustons
shear thence westerly about twelve pools to The Roade so by s-*
Roade to the Bounds first mentioned Reserving to the us<' of siiid
obediah a Previledge at the west Knd of said house of Building
and a gardin spot — we have also set of to said Dower ofT of s;iid
obadiahs Part on the westerly side of the Roade Eleven Rcxls In
wedth from the Roade westerly til it Coms to the Rite or Lot
Laid out to the Decs'^ Heirs. Wee also set of to said Dower The
Easterly half or Nue End of the Barn to be for said widows use
and improvement During Life after that to be the proix-rty of
the two youngest Sons (Viz) David and Simeon to Ix? mov** of at
Peleasure Wee also set of to y^ said widows Dower on the westerly
side of the Roade out of Davids Shear five Rods in wedth Joyn-
ing on the aboves*^ Eleven Rods which wee took ofT of obediah
shear Runing west to the aboves** Decs'* Heirs Right and East
Crossing the Roade about twelve Rods to a stake and stones
standing by obediahs Land Wee have also set of to the said
widows Dower out of the shears of the within mentioned heirs
in orchard Tillage and Wood Land about twenty two acres
Bounded as followeth Begining at a stake and stones by the
Roade Thence north about sixty pools to a stake and stones by
the wall by Land Belonging to the heirs of thomas Duston
Thence East by s"* Heirs Land about forty five pools to a black
oake marked thence south seventy nine pools To a stake and
stones by Dan' Gordens Land thence by Said (iordens I-and
west about twelve pools to the Roade Thence Norwesterly by
s"* Road to the bounds first Mentioned
John Currier
Nath" W(MKlnian
Daniel Gorden
James Paul
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Province of 1 Persuant to a Warrant to us Directed by the
New Hamp' / Hon^^« John Wintworth Esq"" Judge of the Pro-
bate of Wills &c for said Province To Make Portion and Division
of the Rael Estate of obediah Duston Late of Salem in said
Province yeoman Decs'^ amongst the Heirs of said Decs*^ Wee
have acordingly atended said service and made Division of s**
Estate amongst the Heirs in manner and form following (Viz)
To the Right of a Deces*^ Heir Wee have set of Twenty Eight
acres of the west End of said Estate Bounded at the South-
easterly Corner at a small Pine with stones about it by Alexan-
der Gorden Land Thence West by s'* Gordens Land Eighty Pools
to a stake and stones, Thence north fifty Pools to a stake and
stones by Enos Websters widdow Thence East sixty three Pools
to a small pine marked thence north Twenty Six pools to a stake
and stones Thence East Seventeen pools to a small pine marked
with stones about it thence South to the Bounds first mentioned.
And to obediah the Eldest son Wee have set off Two Shears
which Contains forty five acres and nine Rods on the southerly
side of said Estate Bounded at the southeasterly Corner at a
stake and stones by Daniel Gordens Land Thence north forty
pools and an half to a stake and stones Thence west one hundred
and seventy Eight pools holding its Wedth to the aboves'^ Decs'^
Heirs Land — To David the next son of the Decs'^ Wee have set
of Twenty acres and ninety Eight Rods bounded at the south
Easterly Corner at a stake and stones which is also a bounds of
the said obediahs Land Thence north Eighteen pools and three
Quarters to a stake and stones thence west one hundred and
seventy Eight pools holding its wedth to the aboves*^ Decs'*
Heirs Land — And to Simeon the youngest son of the Decs'* Wee
have set of Twenty one acres and one hundred and Twelve Rods
Bounded at the southeasterly Corner at a stake and stones also
a bound of the aboves** Davids Land thence North nineteen
pools and three Quarters to a stake and stones to Land belonging
to the heirs of Thomas Duston Decs'* thence west by said Heirs
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237
Land one hundred and seventy Eight pools holding its Wcdth
to the aboves*^ Decs*^ Heirs Land
John Currier
Nath" Woodman
Daniel ( iorden
James Paul
[Bond of Caleb Dustin of Salem, yeoman, with James Paul of
Londonderry and Edmund Morse of Hampstead, gentlemen, as
sureties, in the sum of £500, March 25, 1773, for the guardiemship
of David Dustin and Simeon Dustin, aged less than 14 years,
children of Obadiah Dustin; witnesses, Thomas Ransom. Samuel
Hale, Jr.]
NEIL LAMONT 1765 PORTSMOC HI
[Administration on the estate of Neil Lamont of Portsmouth,
physician, granted to Jonathan Warner of Portsmouth Nov.
18, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 109.]
[Bond of Jonathan Warner, with Daniel Warner and John
Wendell, merchant, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of
£500, Nov. 18, 1765, for the administration of the estate; wit-
ness, William Vaughan.]
[Inventory, Jan. 10, 1767; amount, £150. 6. 6; signed by the
administrator.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £191. 2. 11; expendi-
tures, £156. 13. 8; allowed Jan. 23, 1767.]
JOSIAH HAMBLETT 1765 PELIIAM
[Bond of Sarah Hamblett, widow, with Joseph Butler, gentle-
man, and John Hamblett, cooper, as sureties, all of Pelham. in
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the sum of £500, Dec. 4, 1765, for the administration of the estate
of Josiah Hamblett of Pelham; witnesses, Samuel Watts, Josiah
Johnson.]
[Inventory, attested Jan. 27, 1766; amount, £245. 7. 8; signed
by William Richardson and Benjamin Bowles.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £172. i. o; expendi-
tures, £74. 13. 4; mentions "maintenance of three Children while
under 7 years of Age"; allowed April 29, 1778.]
JOHN KNIGHT
1765
PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen the Last Will and Testament of
John Knight of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire
Esq^ I John Knight aforesaid Being Weak in Body * * *
Item I give unto my son Nicholas Knight and unto his heirs
& assigns forever (over and above what I have already Given
him) a Tract of Land Containing by Estimation about twelve
Acres be the same More or Less, which I purchased of John
Carter which parcel of land lying and Being in Newington in
said Province, Also One hundred Acres of land in Rochester in
the second Division of lots in the Province aforesaid to him and
his heirs forever —
Item. I Give to my daughters Elizabeth Salter, Bridget
Allen Sarah Brewster & AUice Hatch Ten pounds Lawful Money
Each of them, one half thereof to be paid them within two Years
after my decease and the Residue within one year from the first
payment
Item. I Give unto My son George Knight and unto his heirs
and assigns for Ever (after the decease of my wife) the house in
which I now dwell and the Garden thereto belonging with all
privilidges & appurtenances —
Item. I Give unto my Grand Daughter Elizabeth Adams
NEW HAMPSHIRK WILLS 239
Seven pounds ten shillings lawful money as aforesaid to Ik.- paid
{by my Executors when my said (irand Daughter shall come
to the age of Eighteen years, besides what I gave her deccas'd
mother —
Item. I Give unto my dearly beloved Wife liu- improvement
of all my moveable Estate (Except my large Silver Tankard &
Great Bible) during her Natural life and after her decease the
same to be Equally divided between my daughters Allice Hatch
and Sarah Brewster. I likewise Give my said wife the improve-
ment of all my real Estate during her Natural Life —
Item I Will that my son John pay the Several Legacies in this
by me Given over and above what I have heretofore given to
my daughters and to Enable him to Discharge the same and my
debts and funeral Expences, And after the decease of my wife, I
Give unto my son John and to his heirs and assigns Nine acres
of that Land adjoining the land of Co' John Downing in New-
ington in said Province being Part of the Land I purchas'd
of John Hodgdon, and my pew in Newington Meeting house
Also all my Land in Rochester in said Province Except the One
hundred acres in the Second division which I have already ( iiven
my Son Nicholas, and further I Give my son John after the
decease of my wife my large silver Tankard & Great bible, and
Give to him the said John all the Rest of my Estate Real &
personal (Except what I have disposed of already) and I do
hereby Constitute and appoint my said wife Eliza! )eth and my
said son John to be my Executors * * * In testimony Where-
of I have hereunto Set my hand and seal this Twenty Eighth
day of December in the sixth Year of his majestys Reign
Annoque Domini one thousand Seven hundred & Sixty five
jrv Knight
[Witnesses] Henry Carter, W"" Knight. Timple Kniglit.
[Proved Jan. 29, 1766.]
[Bond of John Knight, with Joseph Colbath as surety, iK>th of
Newington, in the sum of £10,000, Jan. 29. 1766. for the execu-
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tion of the will; witnesses, William Vaughan, Richard Wibird (
Penhallow.]
RICHARD YORK 1766 EPPING
[Administration on the estate of Richard York of Epping, yeo-
man, granted to John York Jan. 5, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 136.]
[Sarah York renounces administration on the estate of her
husband, Richard York, Jan. 25, 1766, in favor of her son,
John York; witnesses, John Bean, Edward Smith.]
[Bond of John York of Brentwood, yeoman, with Josiah Gil-
man of Exeter and Peter Folsom of Newmarket, yeoman, as
sureties, in the sum of £10,000, Feb. 5, 1766, for the administra-
tion of the estate; witnesses, Jonathan Lovewell, William
Vaughan.]
ABEL WARD 1766 KENSINGTON
In the Name of God i\men : I Abel Ward of Kensington in
Hampton in the Province of New Hamps. in New England:
Husbandman * * *
Imp^ I Give & Bequeath unto my well beloved Sons viz
Jonathan & Nathanael, all my Lands; wherever being, or how-
ever Scituate; as followeth viz: first in my home place the s^
Nathanael to begin & have on the westerly side of s*^ Home place
Twenty five rods in width, from one end thereof to the other;
and then Jonathan to have Twenty five rods in width from End !
to End as the former; then again the s'^ Nathanael to have
Twenty five rods in width from End to End as before ; and
then the s"^ Jonathan to have the residue of the s*^ Home place;
and the s"^ Nathanael is to have the old Barn ; and Jonathan to
have my Dwelling House & the other Barn : (only Nathanael is
to have liberty to use Improve & Dwell with his Sisters in the
fore room in the Easterly End of the House till he the s'^ Na-
NEW HAMPSHIKK WILLS 24 1
thanael Can Build for himself) also I Give to my Two sons fore
mentioned my lands in the Township of Nottingham in the
Province afores'* to be Equally divided between them: and all my
Lands in the Parish of Brentwood in the Province afores** also
be Equally Divided between them Further 1 C^ve to my s-* Two
sons my Salt Marsh being Scituate in South Hampton in s-*
Province that to be also Equally divided between them; a^ain
my piece of Flats (so called) or Thatch Ciround; being scituate
in South Hampton aboves^, and laying at, or Near, a place
called Wadleighs Island the Same be Ecjually divided between
them; all these forementioned pieces of Land, Marsh t\:c which
are to be Equally Divided as foremention'd are to l)e so divided
having respect both to Quality, as well as Quantity ; all my
lands Buildings &c forementioned; my s'^ sons Jonathan »S: Na-
thanael To Have And To Hold to them their Hitrs Executors
Adminis" & assigns for Ever: also 1 Give to my s** sons all my
stock of Cattle, Horses, sheep, swine, &c with all my Tools, In-
struments, Utensils, or Implements, without doors for man &
Beast to work with; they paying the Legacies, & performing the
Duties hereafter mentioned
Item I Give & Bequeath unto my well beloved son John
Ward one Hundred & fifty Dollars to be paid to him as followcth
viz' one Half thereof within one year after my decease, «S: the
other Half within Two years after my decease; to be paid in
Dollars as above s*^ or in the then Currency; or in the money or
Currency that shall then pass —
Item I Give & Bequeath unto my well beloved son Melcher
Ward one Hundred Dollars, to be paid as the former, the one
Half within one year after my decease & the other Half within
Two years after my decease & to be paid also as the former in
Dollars or in the then passing Currency; he haveing i)een learned
a Trade &c
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Two Daughters viz: Hannah
& Elizabeth as followeth viz Hannah to have one Hundred &
Thirty Three Dollars & one Third of a Dollar; and lUisalH-th to
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have Eighty Three Dollars & one Third of a dollar ; Each of these
Sums to be paid as the former to the sons that is to say the one
Half within one year, the other Half within Two years after my
decease ; also as the former in dollars or the Currency that shall
then pass ; also I Give to my s^ daughters Each of them A Cow &
Two sheep hereby ordering my s*^ son Jonathan to deliver the s"^
Cow & Two Sheep to Hannah & Nathanael to deliver the Cow
& sheep to Elisabeth and that Immedeately after my decease;
and I do hereby further will & order my s*^ Sons to keep & sup-
port the s^ Cows & sheep for my s*^ daughters Summer & winter
yearly & every year so long as they remain Unmarried, & no
longer; also I Give to my s^ Daughters all my Houshold Stuff to
be Equally divided between them Moreover my will is that my
forementioned Two sons viz. Jonathan & Nathanael provide for
my s^ daughters Comfortable provision in sickness & in health
bringing it to them to my dwelling House seasonably yearly &
every year, so long as they shall live unmarried ; and that they
& Each of them have the use & Improvement of the fore room
in the Easterly End of my dwelling House as long as they or
Either of them live unmarried; also that the s'^ Jonathan &
Nathanael provide for & bring Home to them to my s^ dwelling
House Sufficient fire wood yearly & every year so long as they
live unmarried —
and I do hereby Constitute & appoint My Two Sons viz:
Jonathan and Nathanael to be sole Executors of this my last
Will & Testament and I do hereby order my s<^ Executors to pay
all my Honest debts and the forementioned legacies as fore-
mentioned & that they be Equal therein —
Moreover I Give all my wearing Cloaths to my Two sons viz.
John & Melcher to be equally divided between them * * *
In witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand & seal the 9**'
day of January anno : domini 1766 in the sixth year of his Majes-
ties Reign &c 1 •
abel X Ward
mark
NEW HAMPSIIIRK WILLS 243
[Witnesses] Samuel Clifford, Jonatiian Rrown J'. Jen-rny
Webster.
[Proved June 25, 1766.]
[Inventory, Oct. 10, 1766; amount, £1035. 5. i; signed by
Jonathan Brown and Samuel Clifford. ]
JEREMIAH GOVE 1766 HAMILTON' FALLS
In the name of god Amen I Jeremiah Gove of Hampton lalls
in the province of new Hampshire in new England yeoman
Being Sick and weak in Body * * *
I give and Bequeath to my well Beloved wife Sarah Gove the
Improvement of the Best Room in the East End of my House
and half of my Cellar under Said End of said House that 1 now
Dwell in and one third part of all my land and one Cow to Ix?
Kept winter and Summer my said wife to have the Improvement
of what is above mentioned So long as She Continues my widow
and no longer and at her Death or Day of marriage then what I
have given my wife to go to those that i shall give them to in this
my will and I give to my Said wife all the moveables within
Doors and Household goods of all Kinds to Dispose of as She
thinks proper —
Item I give to my Son Joseph Gove Six Shillings lawfull money
to be paid by my Executors hereafter mentioned within one
year after my Decease he having had his portion Before —
Item I give to my Grand Son Jeremiah Gove Son of Joseph
Gove one pound four Shillings lawfull money to be paid by my
Executors within Seven years after my Decease —
Item I give and Bequeath to my Daughter Jane Brewster five
Shillings lawful money to be paid by my Executors within three
years of my Decease —
Item I give & Bequeath to my Daughter Abigail morgain five
Shillings lawfull money to be paid by my Executors within one
year after my Decease —
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Item I give and Bequeath to my Daughter Sarah morril five
Shillings lawful money to be paid by my Executors within three
years after my Decease
Item I give and Bequeath to my Daughter Judith Gove the
priviledge of living in my House as longe as she Remains un-
married and I give and Bequeath to my Said Daughter Judith
Gove nine pounds lawfull money to be paid by my two Execu-
tors within one year after my Decease my Executors to pay
Equally alike of what i have given & Bequeathd as aforemen-
tioned —
Item I give and Bequeath to my Son Nathan Gove the privi-
ledge of living in the west End of my Dwelling House three years
from this time and no longer and I give and Bequeath to my
said Son Nathan Gove for Ever a piece of land Called the mill
pasture laying in hampton falls & laying to the northward of
Jonathan Weares mills Containing about ten acres and is
Bounded westerly on land of Jonathan weares in part and part
on land left for a high way and north on land of Daniel Chases
and Easterly on land of the widow Goves & Southerly on Said
Wears land and also two acres of salt marsh laying in a place
Called Pearsons Cove and likewise my Biggest piece of Thatch
Ground or flats So Called and the one Half of all my Husbandry
Tools of all Sorts
Item I give and Bequeath to my Son John Gove for Ever my
Dwelling House and Barn and all my land adjoyning to my
House and Barn Being as is Supposed thirty acres Be the Same
more or less and all my stock of Creatures Except one Cow and
my wife is to have the Improvement as Before mentioned and
also I give & Bequeath to my son John Gove my little piece of
Thatch Ground or flats and the one half of all my Husbandry
Tools of all sorts and if there be anything i have not Disposed
of in this my will I give it or them to my two Executors and
I order them my Executors to Bury me in Decent Christian
Manner at their Charge and I Do Constitute and appoint my
two Sons namely Nathan Gove and John Gove to be my Execu-
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
245
tors to this my last will and Testament Ratifying and ConfirminK
this and no other to be my last will in witness whereof 1 the said
Jeremiah Gove have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the lif-
teenth Day of January annoque Domini 1766 and in the Sixth
year of the Reign of King George the third »!\:c
Jeremiah Gove
[Witnesses] Jonathan Weare, David Gove, Benjamin Rowc.
[Proved July 29, 1767.]
[Bond of Nathan Gove and John Gove, both of Hampton
Falls, with Ezekiel Worthen of Kensington as surety, in the sum
of £500, July 29, 1767, for the execution of the will; witnesses,
Robert Parks, Theophilus Smith.]
JOHN GORRELL 1766 WINDHAM
[Administration on the estate of John Gorreli of Windham,
yeoman, granted to James Thompson Jan. 16, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 172.)
[Warrant, Jan. 16, 1766, authorizing John Christy, gentleman,
and Samuel Eastman, yeoman, both of Windham, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, Jan. 21, 1766; amount, £81. 11. 1 1 ; signed by John
Christy and Samuel Eastman.]
[Warrant, May 28, 1766, authorizing Samuel Barr of London-
derry and John Christy of Windham to receive claims against the
estate.]
[List of claims, June 24, 1766; amount, fioi. i. 3; signed by
Samuel Barr and John Christy.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £90. 12. 4!^; expendi-
tures, £38. 17. 9; filed April 12, 1767.]
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[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £96. 17. 3; amount
distributed, £51. 14. 7>^; allowed Oct. 6, 1768.]
SAR.\H FROST 1766 PORTSMOUTH
In the name of God Amen, I Sarah Frost of Portsmouth
Widow, being weak in Body * * *
I will & order that all the Just Debts of my late Husband
Samuel Frost of Portsmo aforesaid and all the Legacies men-
tioned in his last Will & Testament be justly paid & discharged
and every part thereof fully complied w**" also all my own just
Debts, funeral Charges shall be paid by my Executor in con-
venient Time after my Decease
Item I give & bequeath to my Son Samuel Frost ten pounds
Lawfull Money of this Province —
Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Frost five
pounds like Money —
Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Mary Frost five
pounds like Money —
Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Eliz^ Frost five pounds
like Money —
Item As the Law of this Province has wisely provided for the
Distribution of the Estates of Persons dying intestate, I will that
all the Residue of my Estate real & personal, after the afore-
mentioned purposes are complied with, shall be distributed
among my afores'^ Children agreable to that Law, when they
severally arrive at the age of twenty one years or be married —
Item I will & desire that my Executor will improve & dispose
of my whole Estate in any Manner that seemeth best to him,
and apply the same towards the maintenance & Support of my
aforesaid Children, in such Manner as he pleases, earnestly rec-
ommending them to his paternal Affection —
Item & lastly I do constitute, nominate & appoint my trusty
Friend M' Joshua Wentworth of said Portsm° Merch* sole Exec-
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 247
utor of this my last Will & Testament, hereby annulling &
making void all former Wills by me made, declaring this to be
my sole Will —
In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seal
this 20*** day of Jan^ in the sixth year of the Reign of George the
third King of G* Brittain &€" Annoque Domini 1766 —
Sarah frost
[Witnesses] John Wendell, Rob' Fowle, Susannah X Downs.
her Mark
[Proved March 7, 1766.]
[Warrant, March 7, 1766, authorizing Hunking Wentworth
and John Shackford, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, March 22, 1766; amount, £14,571. o. o; signed by
Hunking Wentworth.]
THOMAS RUNNELLS 1766 DEERFIELD
In the name of God amen the 27*** Day of Jan'' 1766 I Thomas
Runils of the Parish of Deerfield in the province of Newhamp-
shire Yeoman being verry Sick & weak in body * * *
Imprimis I Give and bequeath to Elisebeth my dearly beloved
wife her Heirs & assigns forever all my real & Personal Estate
She paying all my Just Debts and the following Legacies &c
Item I Give to my son owen Runils five Shillings to be paid by
my Executrix
Item I Give to my son Thomas Runils a Yoke of red white
faced Steers that I now own to be Delivered by my Executrix
Item I Give to my son sam" Runils five Shillings & to my son
John five shillings. I Likewise Constitue make & ordain Elise-
beth my wife my sole Executrix * * *
his
Tho« X Runils
mark
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[Witnesses] Tho" Simpson, Josiah Chase, Moses Chase.
[Proved June 25, 1766.]
[Warrant, June 25, 1766, authorizing Samuel Tilton, gentle-
man, and Eliphalet Griffin, yeoman, both of Deerfield, to ap-
praise the estate.]
[Inventory, Dec. 8, 1766; amount, £103. 8. 11 ; signed by
Eliphalet Griffin and Samuel Tilton.]
JOHN KINNICUM 1766 MERRIMACK
[Administration on the estate of John Kinnicum of Merrimack,
yeoman, granted to James Moore Feb. 6, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 153.]
[Bond of James Moore, yeoman, with John Chamberlain,
gentleman, and Samuel McConihe, yeoman, as sureties, all of
Merrimack, in the sum of £10,000, Feb. 6, 1766, for the admin-
istration of the estate; witnesses, Alpheus Goodwin, Rachel
Chamberlain.]
JOHN HOLT 1766 ANDOVER, MASS.
[Administration on the estate of John Holt of Andover, Mass.,
gentleman, granted to Samuel Pettingill Feb. 21, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 163.]
[Bond of Samuel Pettingill of Andover, Mass., with Joseph
Holt, yeoman, and Ephraim Butterfield, gentleman, both of
Wilton, as sureties, in the sum of £10,000, Feb. 21, 1766, for the
administration of the estate ; witnesses, John Holt, Samuel Holt.]
[Warrant, Feb. 21, 1766, authorizing Ephraim Butterfield,
gentleman, and Joseph Holt, yeoman, both of Wilton, to appraise
the estate.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 249
[Inventory, March ii, 1766; land and buildings in Wilton,
£66. 13. 4; signed by Ephraim Butterfield and Joseph Holt.]
[List of claims against the estate, Aug. 29, 1766; amount,
£76. II. 2; signed by Joseph Holt and Ephraim Butterfield.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £66. 13. 4; expendi-
tures, £10. 16. 6; allowed Oct. 22, 1767.]
THOMAS ROBY 1766 NORTH HAMPTON
In The Name of God amen This 22 "^ Day of February anno
Domini 1766 I Thomas Robie of North Hampton in the Province
of Newhampshire yeoman being But week in body * * *
first I Give and bequeave unto my Well beloved Wife Sarah
and to her Disposel for Ever all my Housel Stuf within Dores of
all sorts what so ever and allso I Give to my said wife During her
naturall Life The use and Improvement of the one halfe of my
Dwelling House where I now Live viz The Esterly End and allso
the Celler under the same, and I Give to my Said wife two Cowes
& four sheep and them to be Keept on my whome Steed Sumer
& winter as I shall here after order & allso her fier wood Cut &
haled to her Door what She have oction to use for her own fier
and allso one Hunderd waight of Good Pork and one Hunderd
waight of Good Beefe and Ten Bushels of Inden Corn and one
bushel of Rye and one bushel of malt one barrel of Cyder & what
apels she wants to use for her Selfe Sumer & Wenter and Twenty
Pound of Flax from the swingel and one Peck of beans four
bushels of Potaters, one bushel of Turnaps all The articels to be
Deliverd yearly During my said wife natural Life and to be Paid
to her by my son John Robie
Iti™ I Give to my Son Thomas Robie Five Pounds Lawfull
mony and to be Paid to him by my Son John Robie in one year
after my Decease my said son Thomas Having Recived the
Greatest Part of his Portision all Readey by Dead
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Iti"" I Give unto my Son Samuell Roble and to his heirs &
assings for Ever Ten acres of Land Lying in north hampton and
being Part of my home Place where I now Live and to be at the
Easterly End bounded Easterly on Henery Batchelder & so Run-
ing westerly Carring the whole bredth of my Land untill it
makes out Ten acres and allso three acres of Salt marsh it being
one Shere on the Great neck (so Caled) be the same more or Less
allso I Give to my son Samuell Thirty Pounds LawfuU mony to
be paid in stock or species in seven years after my Decease by my
Son John Robie
Iti"" I Give unto my Son Enoch Robie Five Pounds Lawfull
mony and to be Paid to him by my son John Robie in Three
years after my Decease my said son Enoch having Recived the
greatest part of his Portision by Dead
Iti"* I Give unto my Daughter Sarah Lane five Shiling Lawfull
mony to be Paid by my son John Robie my Said Daughter hav-
ing Recived the Gratest Part of her Portision all Readey to be
in five years after my Decease
Iti"* I Give unto my Daughter mary Wadligh Seven Shiling
and Six Pence Lawfull mony to be Paid to her by my son John
Robie in six years after my Decease my Said Daughter mary
having Recived the greatest part of her Portision all Readey
Iti"" I Give unto my Daughter Huldiah Fifteen Pounds Lawfull
mony to be Paid to her in such Housel stufe as she shall Chuse at
Cash price by my son John Robie in one year after my Decease
or when shee shall Demand the same and further more my Will is
That my Daughter Huldiah Shall Have a Priviledge of Living
in That part my Dwelling house That I have giving to her
mother So Long as She Remains a Singel woman
Iti"" I Give unto my Daughter Elisabeth Fifteen Pounds
Lawfull mony to be Paid to her in Such Housel Stufe as she shall
Chuse at Cash Prise in Two years after my Decease or when she
shall Demand the same and to be Paid to her by my son John
Robie
Iti" I Give unto my Daughter Ruth Fifteen Pounds Lawfull
NEW HAMPSHIRE WHXS 25 1
mony and to be paid to her in Such Housel Stufe as she shall
Chuse at Cash Price in Three years after my Decease by my son
John Robie
Iti"" I Give unto my Son John Robie and to his heirs & assing
for Ever all my Lands and marshes Lying and being in the Town
Ship of Hampton or Else where not all Redey Disposed of viz all
my Whome Place where I now live Excepting The Ten acres I
Gave to my son Samuel in this my Last Will with all my buldings
standing There on be the Same more or Less with all my stock of
Cattel horses sheep & swine whith all my utensels for Husbandry
&c he my Said Son John to Com into Porsession thereof at my
Decase Excepting what Priveledge I have given to his mother
and Sister Huldeah and That at There Decease my Said Son
John Robie Paying and Delivering to his mother the Several
articulls mentioned in this my Last will and Paying the Severall
Leagices as I have orderd in this my Last Will
Lastly I Do hereby Constitute and appoint my Son John
Robie to be sole Executor * * *
his
Thomas X Robie
mark
[Witnesses] Zachariah towle, David marston, Theo^ Smith.
[Proved March 25, 1767.]
[Sarah Roby assents to the terms of the will March 25, 1767,
and waives dower and inventory; witnesses, David Marston,
William Lane.]
[Bond of John Roby of North Hampton, yeoman, with David
Marston of North Hampton, yeoman, and Theophilus Smith
of Exeter as sureties, in the sum of £500, March 25, 1767, for
the execution of the will; witnesses, William Parker, Robert
Parks.]
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JONATHAN MARSTON 1766 NORTH HAMPTON
[Inventory of the estate of Jonathan Marston of North Hamp-
ton, Richard Jenness, 3*^, administrator, Feb. 24, 1766; amount,
£36. 13. 6; signed by Levi Dearborn and Ebenezer Sanborn.]
[Warrant, March 31, 1766, authorizing Ebenezer Sanborn,
gentleman, and Levi Dearborn, physician, both of North Hamp-
ton, to receive claims against the estate.]
JAMES TWADDELL 1766 SALEM
In the Name of God Amen I James Twadell of Salem within
the Province of New Hampshire in New England Yeoman, being
Sick & Indisposed in Body * * *
Item my will is that my Dearly Beloved Wife Grizzel Twadell
shall have & Enjoy the one third of all my Real Estate, & the
whole of my Dwelling House During her Natural life, & Two
Cows & one pair of Year old Steers, & one mare, & all my hous-
hold Plenishing, To be given her by Executors as soon as may
be after my Decease.
Item my will is that my well Beloved Daughters Elizabeth, &
Margaret Twadell shall have Two Pounds Lawfull money apiece
To be paid to them as soon as may be after my Decease. —
Item my will is that my well Beloved Daughters Martha and
Grizell Twadell Shall have Two Pounds Ten shilb^ Lawfull
money apiece, To be paid to them as soon as may be after my
Decease. —
Item my will is that my Sons Robert Twadell & Daniel Twa-
dell & my Daughters Agnes Twadell & Mary Twadell Each of
them should have the Sum of five shillings Lawfull money paid
to them as soon as may be after my Decease by my Execu*" —
Item my will is that the Remainder of my Real Estate if there
be any shall be Equally Divided amongst Elizabeth Margaret
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 253
Martha & Grizell Twadell my well Beloved Daughters as soon as
may be after my Decease by my Execu*" —
And I do hereby Constitute Nominate & appoint my Good
friend Samuel Thomson & my Brother in Law Mark Coen my
Executors of this my Last Will & Testament, Ratifying & Con-
firming this & no other to be my Last will & Testament —
In Wittness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal
this 25*'' Day of February in the ^^^ Year of his Majesties Reign
Anno Domini 1766 —
his
James X Twa
mark
his her
[Witnesses] Thomas X M°Glaughen, Martha X Gordon,
mark mark
her
Martha X M^Glauglan.
mark
[Proved Sept. 25, 1767.]
[Warrant, Jan. 15, 1767, authorizing Samuel Morrison of
Windham, gentleman, and John Moreland of Salem to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, Sept. 22, 1767; amount, £76. 2. 2. 2; signed by
Samuel Morrison and John Moreland.]
[License to Mark Cowen, acting executor, March 10, 1768, to
sell real estate.]
[Warrant, March 29, 1769, authorizing John Dinsmoor, James
Gilmore, and James Betton, all of Windham, husbandmen, to set
off the widow's dower.]
Province of 1 By Virtue of a warrant from the Hon'''
New Hampshire J John Wentworth Esq'" Judge of Probate of
Wills &c for Said Province Appointing us a Comm*''*' to Set off to
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Grizzel Twaddle wife of James Twaddle Late of Salem Deceas*^
her Right of Dower and Power of thirds in the Real Estate of her
late Husband and the other two thirds to John Moreland of
Salem afors*^ Husbandman accordingly we have Set off to the
Said Grizzel Twaddle the said Dower by proper meets and
Bounds which is as follows (viz) Beginning at a stake & stones on
the line of Tho« Macglaughlans land then north thirty one y^
Rods to a stake & stones on the line of the Said Morelands land
then west ninty Rods to a birch marked then South by the line of
Comings land thirty one Yi rods to a stake & stones then East
to the Bounds first mentioned Containing about Seventeen Acres
More or less — Together with the East room of the House and
appriviledge of the South Door ; also ten feet of the East End of
the Barn —
To John Moreland one third part of said Estate Lying to the
South of the abovesaid Grizzel Twaddles part of said land
Begining at a stake & stones which is the Corner of said Grizzel
Twaddles land then west ninty rods to a stake & stones on said
Comings land and then South to Londonderry line then East
south East by said Lond'^y line to the Corner of Tho^ Maglaugh-
lans land then north to the Bounds first mentioned — also the
other third part of said Estate Lying north of said Grizzel
Twaddles part Beginning at a stake & stones the north East
angle of said Estate then west 90 rods by Will™ Gordens land
then south twenty Eight rods by said Corning land to a birch
mark'i then East by Said Twaddles land ninty rods to a stake &
stones then north to the Bounds first mentioned : together with
the west room of the house and apriviledge of the South Door —
also the Remaining part of the barn —
Daf^ march 8**^ 1769
James Betton
James Gillmore
John Dinsmoor
[Account of Mark Cowen, executor; receipts, £51. 2. io>^;
expenditures, £18. 18. 4>^; allowed May 31, 1769.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 255
JOHN WILLEY 1766 DURHAM
[Abigail Willey renounces administration on the estate of her
husband, John Willey of Durham, yeoman, Feb. 25, 1766, in
favor of her son, Jonathan Willey, and Nathaniel Thompson;
witness, Samuel Rogers.]
[Administration on the estate of John Willey, millwright,
granted to Jonathan Willey and Nathaniel Thompson Feb. 26,
1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 151.]
[Bond of Jonathan Willey, yeoman, and Nathaniel Thompson,
gentleman, with John Sullivan, gentleman, and Jonathan Durgin,
yeoman, as sureties, all of Durham, in the sum of £20,000, Feb.
26, 1766, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William
Vaughan, Richard Wibird Penhallow.]
[Inventory, filed Feb. 25, 1767; amount, £86. 15. o; signed by
Thomas Chesley and Miles Randall.]
[Warrant, July 13, 1767, authorizing Ebenezer Thompson,
physician, and Thomas Chesley, gentleman, both of Durham,
to receive claims against the estate.]
[List of claims; amount, £236. 15. 2; signed by Thomas Ches-
ley and Ebenezer Thompson.]
JOSHUA WILSON 1766 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of Joshua Wilson of Exeter,
yeoman, granted to Priscilla Wilson Feb. 26, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 250.]
[Bond of Priscilla Wilson, widow, with Abner Thurston, cord-
wainer, and James Thurston, blacksmith, as sureties, all of
Exeter, in the sum of £20,000, Feb. 20, 1766, for the administra-
tion of the estate; witnesses, John Rice, Increase Wilson.]
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[Inventory, attested May 27, 1766; amount, £1225. 15. o;
signed by John Odlin and Samuel Brooks.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £496. 16. 10^;
expenditures, £521. 10. 4^; allowed Aug. 19, 1775.]
[John Wilson, minor, son of Joshua Wilson, makes choice of
John Rice of Exeter as his guardian Nov. 27, 1768; witnesses,
Jonathan Gilman, Noah Emery.]
[Bond of John Rice, with Nicholas Gilman as surety, both of
Exeter, in the sum of £500, June 30, 1769, for the guardianship
of John Wilson, aged more than 14 years; witnesses, William
Parker, Samuel Hale, Jr.]
Province of ] Pursuant to a Warrant from the Hon^i«
New Hampshire [ John Wentworth Esq^ Judge of the Probate
Rockingham ss J of Wills &c for said Province, appointing us
(together with Theophilus Smith & John Odlin Esq") a Com-
mittee to divide the Real Estate of Joshua Wilson late of Exeter
in said Province Yeoman deceased Intestate, in manner following
viz. To Priscilla the Widow of the said deceased the third part
thereof, and the other two thirds to divide among the Children
of said deceased there being Eight in the whole, allowing to the
eldest Son a double Share, and to set' forth each Share by Metes
& Bounds, to hold to each in severalty making each division ac-
cording to quantity and quality as equal as may be in the pro-
portion aforesaid.
I We have accordingly divided the Real Estate aforesaid and
set ofif to the said Priscilla for her thirds thereof the South East-
erly part of the Mansion House in Exeter aforesaid and the
priviledge of Washing, Baking and Brewing in the Northerly End
thereof, and the priviledge of the Cellar under the House to put
her Stores in. Also the Westerly half part of the Barn, and one
Quarter part of the Saw Mill and its appurtenances Standing on
the upper Dam. Also Six Acres and ninety Rods of Land in the
Home Lot bounded as follows viz beginning at a Stake standing
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 257
on the Northerly side of said Home Lot at the distance of four-
teen Rods North Seventy Degrees East from the North Westerly
corner of the said Home Lot and from said Stake to run North
Seventy degrees East Six Rods to a Stake, Then North Seventy
three degrees East Twelve Rods, thence North Eighty degrees
East Twenty One Rods and Six tenths of a Rod ; Thence South
Thirty Six degrees East Eighteen Rods to a Stake ; Thence South
Twenty five degrees West Sixteen Rods and one half of a Rod to a
Stake, Thence South Forty Eight degrees West Seven Rods to a
Stake, Thence North Forty degrees West Four Rods and one
half of a Rod to a Stake, Thence North Thirty five degrees West
Eight Rods to a Stake, Thence South Seventy Eight Degrees
West ten Rods, Thence North Twenty Six degrees West Three
Rods, Thence South Seventy Eight degrees West Twelve Rods
to a Stake, Thence North Twenty Six degrees West Thirteen
Rods and an half to a Stake, Thence North Sixty Six degrees
East Two Rods and one quarter of a Rod to a Stake, Thence
North Twenty two degrees and an half West Five Rods to the
stake begun at, as appears by the Plan of the Home place an-
nexed. Also Twenty two Acres and three quarters of an Acre of
Land being part of the pasture, lying in Exeter aforesaid and
bounded as follows viz beginning at a Stake standing in the
Fence on the South side of the Road leading from Stratham to
Exeter at the North Westerly corner of said pasture from thence
running South Sixty Nine Degrees West by said Road Eight
Rods, Thence South Seventy One degrees East One hundred &
Twenty five Rods to Captain James Leavits Land, Thence
Northerly by said Leavits Land until it comes to Land belonging
to Theophilus Smith Esq'' Thence Westerly by said Smith's Land
to the first bounds as appears by the plan of said pasture an-
nexed. Also about Four Acres of Salt Marsh, bounded North-
erly and Westerly on James Oilman's Land, Southerly on
Nehemiah Gilmans Land and Easterly on Exeter River.
2 To the Right of Increase Wilson deceas'd eldest Son of the
said Joshua for his double Share we have set off One half of the
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Saw Mill standing on the lower Dam and East side of Exeter
River, together with the Westerly half of the Dam & Stream.
Also the Easterly half part of the Barn with the priviledge of
passing and repassing to and from said Barn through the Widows
Land. Also Two Acres of Land in the Home place bounded as
follows viz beginning at the North East corner of that half Acre
of Land which he the said Increase bought of his Father, and
from thence running North Seventy Eight Degrees East Ten
Rods to a stake, Thence South thirty five degrees East Eight
Rods, Thence South Forty degrees East Nineteen Rods & an
half. Thence South Seventy Six degrees & an half West Ten
Rods, Thence North Seventy Six degrees West Seven Rods &
One Quarter, Thence North Ten degrees West Three Rods & an
half. Thence South Eighty Seven degrees West Five Rods,
Thence North Sixteen degrees West Five Rods & three Quarters,
Thence North Seventy Nine degrees East Three quarters of a Rod,
And from thence a Strait Line to the bounds first mentioned.
3. To Thomas a Son of the deceased, we have set off Thirty
five Rods of Land in the Home place bounded as follows viz
beginning at the North West corner of that half Acre of Land
which Increase Bought of his Father, and from thence running
North Twenty Six degrees West Three Rods, Thence North
Seventy Eight degrees East Twelve Rods, Thence South Twenty
Six degrees East three Rods, Thence South Seventy eight degrees
West Twelve Rods to the bounds first mentioned. Also Thir-
teen acres and ninety Rods of Land in the Pasture bounded as
follows viz beginning at a Stake standing in the Fence on the
Road leading from Hampton to Exeter at the distance of thirty
nine Rods from the South Easterly corner of said Pasture, and
from thence running Northwesterly by said Road Twenty nine
Rods, Thence North Twenty Seven degrees East Seventy Two
Rods and one quarter to the Widows Thirds, Thence South
Seventy one degrees East Twenty nine Rods, and from thence a
strait Line to the bounds first mentioned,
4 To John a Son of the deceased We have set ofT Seventy Rods
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 259
of Land in the Home place, bounded as follows viz beginning at
the Northwesterly corner of said Home place at the Road on the
East side of Exeter River, from thence running North Seventy
Degrees East F'ourteen Rods Thence South Twenty two and an
half Degrees East Five Rods, Thence South Sixty Six degrees
West Twelve Rods and one quarter to the Road, and thence by
said Road to the bounds first mentioned. Also the Easterly half
part of the Mill priviledge and Stream at the lower Dam, with
the easterly half part of said Dam. Also Five Acres & One
hundred & forty Rods of Land in the pasture bounded as follows
viz beginning at the South West corner of the share set off to
Thomas and from thence running North Seventy Seven degrees
West by the Road leading from Hampton to Exeter Thirteen
Rods, Thence North twenty Seven degrees East Seventy four
Rods to the Widows Thirds, Thence South Seventy One degrees
East Thirteen Rods, and from thence a Strait Line to the bounds
first mentioned.
5. To Priscilla a Daughter of the deceased We have Set off
Twenty Acres of Land at Piscasset bounding Southerly on Pis-
casset River, Easterly and Northerly on a High Way, and
Westerly on Nathan Barbers Land.
6. To Mary a Daughter of the dec^ We have set off Two pieces
of Land in the pasture, the first piece contains Ten Acres & Thir-
teen Rods, and is bounded as follows viz beginning at the South
easterly corner of said pasture on the Road leading from Hamp-
ton to Exeter and from thence running North Fifty Nine degrees
West Twenty one Rods, Thence North Twenty Seven degrees
East Eighty two Rods to the Widows Thirds, Thence South
Seventy One Degrees East Twenty Six Rods to Captain James
Leavit's Land, Thence by said Leavit's Land to the bounds first
mentioned. The second piece is bounded as follows viz begin-
ning at the South Westerly corner of the Land set off to John
■ Wilson in said Pasture, and from thence running North Eighty
five degrees West by the Road leading from Hampton to Exeter
I Five Rods & an half, Thence North Thirty two Degrees West
260 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Thirty Rods, Thence North Eighty one degrees East Thirty
nine Rods, Thence South twenty Seven degrees West Thirty Six
Rods to the first bounds, containing three Acres & three quarters.
7 To Judith a Daughter of the deceased, We have set off Nine
Acres of Land in the Pasture bounded as follows viz beginning at
the South Westerly corner of the Land set off to Mary in said
Pasture and from thence running North Fifty nine degrees West
Eighteen Rods by the Road leading from Hampton to Exeter,
from thence North Twenty Seven degrees East Seventy nine
Rods to the Widows Thirds, Thence South Seventy one degrees
East Eighteen Rods and from thence a Strait Line to the bounds
first mentioned. Also a House Lot in the Home place bounded
as follows viz beginning at the middle of the Front Door of the
mansion House and running North Forty Eight Degrees and an
half East about four Rods and an half to the Widows Thirds,
Thence North Twenty six degrees West Three Rods and an half.
Thence South Fifty five degrees West Eight Rods to the High
way, Then South Easterly by said High Way Four Rods, Thence
North Forty eight degrees East to the bounds first mentioned ;
together with that half of the Mansion House standing on the
same, with all the priviledges and appurtenances belonging to the
said part of the said House ; the priviledge in the Kitchin & Cellar
herein before set off to the Widow as part of her thirds excepted.
8. To Anna a Daughter of the Deceased we have set oft' Four-
teen Acres of Land in the Pasture, bounded as follows viz begin-
ning at the North East corner of that three Acres & three quar-
ters of Land before set off to Mary, and from thence running
North Twenty Seven degrees East Thirty Eight Rods to the
Widows Thirds, Thence North Seventy one degrees West Thirty
Nine Rods to the Road leading from Stratham to Exeter, thence
South westerly by said Road Forty Seven Rods, thence South
Thirty two degrees East Twenty Rods, thence North Eighty one
degrees East Thirty Nine Rods to the bounds first mentioned.
Also a House Lot in the Home place containing Forty two Rods
of Land bounded as follows viz, beginning at the South West
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corner of the Lot set off to John's share, and from thence run-
ning North Sixty Six Degrees East Ten Rods, thence South
Twenty Six degrees East three Rods and an half, thence South
Sixty one degrees West Nine Rods to the Road, thence North
thirty nine degrees West Four Rods & an half by said Road to
the bounds first mentioned.
9 To Elizabeth a Daughter of the Deceased we have set off
Seven Acres and Thirty Rods of Land in the Home place bounded
as follows viz beginning at the North Easterly corner of the Land
set off to the Widow and from thence running North Eighty three
degrees East Ten Rods and an half, thence North Eighty five
degrees East Thirteen Rods & three quarters, thence South
Thirty three degrees East Twenty nine Rods & one quarter to
the Road leading from Stratham to Exeter, thence South West-
erly by said Road Thirty three Rods and an half, thence North
Forty Degrees West Twenty three Rods, Thence North Twenty
five degrees East Sixteen Rods and an half, thence North Thirty
Six degrees West Eighteen Rods to the bounds first mentioned.
Also a House Lot in said Home place containing Thirty three
Rods bounding Northerly on the Lot set off to Anna, Southerly
on the Lot set off to Judith, Westerly on the High Way, and
Easterly on the Widows Thirds.
We have also laid out a Way, to extend one Rod and a quarter
wide West from the Porch of the Mansion House, and from
thence running North Twenty degrees West through the House
Lots set off to Judith, Elizabeth and Anna, until it comes to John's
Lot for the use and benefit of the Owners of each of said Lots.
We have further set off to Elizabeth as part of her Share in
said Estate, the One half of Three Acres and an half of Salt
Marsh lying in said Exeter and is bounded as follows viz North-
erly, Westerly and Southerly on Nehemiah Oilman's Land, and
Easterly on Exeter River.
Exeter November 30*^ 1773 Jon* Oilman
Sam^ Brooks
Nich« Oilman
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[Petition of Thomas Wilson of Concord, saddler, Nov. 18,
1790, in behalf of himself and his brothers and sisters, heirs of
Increase Wilson, deceased, for the division of real estate in
Exeter held by them in common ; assented to by Stephen Kim-
ball for himself and Samuel Thing; Thomas Wilson for John
Wilson and Priscilla Blunt; John Odlin in behalf of Mary Odlin;
John Wilson for himself and sister Thompson ; Joseph Rundlett
for himself and wife; and Judith Odlin for herself.]
264 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Warrant, Nov. 19, 1790, authorizing Samuel Tenney, physi-
cian, Benjamin Boardman, James Thurston, gentleman, James
Rundlett, and Daniel Clark, yeomen, all of Exeter, to divide the
widow's dower among the children of Joshua Wilson.]
State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss.
Pursuant to a warrant from the honorable Oliver Peabody
Esq'' Judge of the probate of wills &c. for said County appointing
us, the subscribers, together with James Rundlett & Daniel
Clark, a committee to divide among the heirs of Joshua Wilson
late of Exeter, deceased, a certain lot of land formerly set off to
the widow of said deceased as part of her dower or thirds of his
real estate, (which lot adjoins the house lot,) we have divided
said land according to quantity & quality, as set off to the several
heirs as follows — viz.
1. To John Wilson, one of the heirs of Increase Wilson, oldest
son of the deceased, one share bounded as follows, viz. From a
post near Sam' Oilman's house running easterly four rods & a
half to a Stake — then northerly six rods & four tenths to a stake
two rods short of the fence between said land & Col. Racket's
land — then easterly on a straight line to Col. Bordmans land
northwardly on said land being two rods wide at each end, &
containing one hundred & sixteen rods.
2. To the widow Mary Odlin, a daughter of the deceased, one
share bounded as follows, viz. From the stake last mentioned
running southerly three rods & seven tenths to a Stake — then
easterly to said Bordman's land with the same width — & con-
taining one hundred & thirty five rods.
3. To Betty Kimball, a daughter of the deceased, one share as
follows, viz. From the Stake last mentioned running southerly
two rods & eight tenths to a Stake — then westerly four rods & a
half to the forementioned post near Sam' Oilman's house —
then easterly to the said Bordman's land, with a width of three
rods, containing one hundred & twenty one Rods.
4. To Anna Thing, a daughter of the deceased, one share
bounded as follows, viz. From the post last mentioned running
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southerly two rods and a half to a stake — then easterly, with
the same width, to Col Bordman's land aforesaid — containing
one hundred & sixteen rods.
5. To the widow Judith Odlin, a daughter of the deceased, one
share bounded as follows, viz. From the Stake last mentioned
running southerly two rods & six tenths to a stake — then east-
erly with the same width to said Bordman's land, containing one
hundred & sixteen rods.
6. To Priscilla Blunt, a daughter of the deceased one share
bounded as follows, viz. From the Stake last mentioned run-
ning southerly two rods & three tenths to a stake — then east-
erly with the same width, to said Bordman's land, containing one
hundred & ten rods.
7. To Thomas Wilson, a son of the deceased, one share
bounded as follows, viz. From the stake last mentioned run-
ning southerly two rods & a half to a Stake bounding James
Rundlets land then easterly with the same width to Col. Bord-
man land — containing one hundred & ten rods.
8. To John Wilson a son of the deceased, one share bounded
as follows viz. From the Stake last mentioned running easterly
by said Rundlets land twelve rods forming a gore running to a
point at the bound first mentioned — then southerly to the goal
lot three rods then easterly on said goal lot twelve rods then
nearly the same course to said Bordman's land to a Stake then
northwesterly on said land six rods to the bound stake of the last
share, containing one hundred & sixteen rods.
9. To Anna & Priscilla, daughters of Increase Wilson, oldest
son of the deceased, one share bounded as follows, viz. Begin-
ning at the northwest corner of the goal lot as it now stands and
running on the easterly end of the same lot and on another lot of
Col Bordman's till it comes to land of Winthrop Odlin - — then on
said land to Col. Bordman's land formerly mentioned seven rods
— then on said land nine rods and a half to the bound stake of the
lot last described — then westerly to the bound first mentioned
— containing one hundred & ten rods.
Committee
266 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Exeter, 20*** November, An. Dom. 1790 —
Samuel Tenney
Benj'* Boardman
James Thurston
N. B. As the head lines of most of the above lots run a little
obliquely, when it is said the lots maintain the width of the head
line first described from end to end, it is to be understood that the
width shall everywhere be measured on a line parallel to said
head line, & not perpendicular to the Sides.
Sam^ Tenney, for the Committee
LUCY WALKER 1766 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I Lucey Walker of Portsmouth in
the Province of New Hampshire Widow being Sick * * *
3'*iy I Give unto my Son M'' Joseph Walker one Third Part of
all my Estate both Real & Personal to him & his heirs & assigns
for ever
^^thiy aigQ I Give to my Son in Law M'' John Staverse & Kath-
rine Staverse his wife one Third Part of all my Estate both Real
& Personal to them and their heirs & assignns for Ever
^thiy a^isQ J Give to my Daughter Elizabeth Walker one Third
Part of all my Estate both Real and Personal to her & her heirs
& assigns for Ever
5thiy ^igQ j^y \Yill & Desire is that my Son Joseph Walker &
my Son in Law John Staverse & Kathrine Staverse his wife who
is my Daughter, and Elizabeth Walker Pay out of what I have
given them to Lucy Staverse my Grandaughter Ten Pounds
Lawfull money in Equal Thirds and the money to be put to
Interest for the Bennefit of Said Lucey Staverse and to be Put
into the hands of my Executors for that use afores"^ my Real &
Personal Estate being Cheifly in the Town of Portsmouth in
Said Province of New Hampshire —
Finaly I do Constitute and appoint Hunking Wentworth Esq""
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 267
& Docf^ Daniel Rogers to be my Executors of this my Last Will
& Testament Revoking all other Wills. I do hereby Ratify
and Confirm this & no Other to be my Last Will and Testament
as Witness my hand & Seal this 27''' Day of February annoque
Domini 1766
her
Lucey X Walker
mark
[Witnesses] William Hart, Mehetabel Walker, Joseph Bass.
[Proved April 19, 1766.]
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LEVI WYMAN 1766 PELHAM
[Administration on the estate of Levi Wyman of Pelham,
yeoman, granted to Patience Wyman, widow, Feb. 27, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 280.]
[Bond of Patience Wyman, with John Butler of Pelham and
Samuel Parker of Salem, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of £200,
Feb. 27, 1766, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
Joseph Wright, William Elliott.]
[Inventory, Feb. 17, 1766; amount, £108. 15. o; signed by
William Elliott and John Ferguson.]
[Warrant, March 19, 1769, authorizing John Ferguson and
William Elliott, both of Pelham, to set off the widow's dower.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £80. 11. o; expendi-
tures, £65. II. o; mentions "maintenance of 2 Children for 336
Weeks"; allowed Sept. 30, 1771.]
[Settlement of claims against the estate; amount of claims,
£112. 10. o; amount distributed, £15. o. o; allowed Oct. i, 1771.]
[Petition of Patience Wyman, "now Residing in Canady in the
Kings Demions," March 7, 1801, for license to sell the reversion
of her dower; license granted March 10, 1801.]
268 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
SAMUEL BRACKETT 1766 NEWMARKET
In the Name of God Amen the third Day of march in the year
of our Lord God one thousand Siven hundred Sixty Six I Samuel
Bracket of Newmarket in the province of New Hampshire in
New England Husbandman being aged Sick and weak of
Body * * *
Itam I Give and Bequeath to my beloved Son John Bracket
his heirs and assignes for Ever one acre of Salt marsh which I
Bought of Samuel and william Hilton Joyning to and Runing
Parrelel with Thomas youngs Esqrs marsh and also Eight acres
of Land bounded as foloweth begining at the High way that
Leads to wadelies Bounding on the North west sid on Land I
Gave to my Son Joshua and on the South East on said John
Brackets Land until Said Eight acres be Completed and also
two acres of madow Land Begining at said Joshua^ !Madow Land
I Sold him and Runs South Easterly Carring the whole Bredth
of my mowing Land untill Said two acres are Completed also
one half of my Right and privelige in wadelies mill so Cauled —
Itam I Give and Bequeth to my Beloved son Ichabod Bracket
one Shilling Proclemation money to be paid him by my Executor
within one year after my Decease —
Itam I Give and Bequeth to my Bloved Daughter mary
Chapman five pound Proclemation money to be paid to her or
her heirs or assigns by my Executor within one year after my
Deceas
Itam I Give and bequeth to my Beloved Daughter Elizebath
masson one Shilling Starling money to be paid her by my Execu-
tor within one year after my Decase —
Itam I Give and Bequeth to my beloved Daughted abigel Har-
ford five Pound Proclemation money to be paid to her or her
heirs or assignes by my Executor within one year after my De-
cease
Itam I Give and bequeth to my beloved Daughter Kezia
Bracket one Shilling Sterling money to be Paid her by my
Executor within one year after my Decase —
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 269
Itam I Give and Bequeth to my Grand Daughter molley
perkins five pound proclemation money to be paid to her or
heirs or assigines by my Executor at her arveing to the age of
Eighteen years Itaam I Give and Bequeth to my son Joshua
Bracket Whome I Do hereby make ordain and appoint my Sole
Exacutor of this my Last will Testement to his heirs and assigines
for Ever all the Remander of my Estate Both Real and personal
with all my waring aparrel and all my Stock and utntels for form-
ing use and the one half of my mill at wadelees falls with the
prvelidge there to blonging also my will is that my House hold
furniture Shall be Equaly Divided among my Daughters * * *
Samuel Bracket
[Witnesses] John Bennet, John Bennett Jun'"', Hubartus Neal.
[Endorsed "not provd Date 1766."]
[Administration granted to Ichabod Brackett of Newmarket
Dec. 30, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 25, p. 45.]
[Bond of Ichabod Brackett, yeoman, with Walter Bryent and
Joshua Brackett, yeoman, as sureties, all of Newmarket, in the
sum of £500, Dec. 30, 1767, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Robert Parker, William Parker.]
[Inventory, March 2, 1768; amount, £59. 4. 3; signed by
Walter Bryent and John Bennett.]
[List of claims against the estate; amount, £73. 14. i ; signed
by Walter Bryent and John Smith, and attested Dec. 12, 1768.]
JOHN NESMITH 1766 MERRIMACK
[Administration on the estate of John Nesmith of Merrimack,
mariner, granted to Robert Nesmith March 4, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 250.]
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[Bond of Robert Nesmith of Merrimack, yeoman, with James
Underwood and William Read, gentleman, both of Litchfield,
as sureties, in the sum of £500, March 4, 1766, for the adminis-
tration of the estate; witnesses, Samuel Parker, Joshua Blodgett.]
[Inventory, attested May 9, 1766; amount, £95. 5. 6; signed
by Moses Barron and Samuel Patten.]
[License to the administrator, brother of the deceased, Feb.
24, 1767, to sell real estate.]
[List of claims against the estate, July 13, 1767; amount,
£110. 2. o due to Robert Nesmith; signed by John Cochran and
John Harvell.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £44. 13. 6; expendi-
tures, £16. 19. o; allowed Nov. 5, 1768.]
BENJAMIN FOX 1766 NOTTINGHAM
In The Name of God Amen. This Nineteenth Day of march
Anno Domini one Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty six I
Benjamin Fox of Nottingham in The Province of new Hamp-
shire in new England Husbandman Being very weak & sick in
Body * * *
Item I Give unto my well beloved wife Mary Fox all and
Singular my Lands Musuages and Tenements by her freely to be
Posesed & Enjoyd For and Dureing the Space of seven years
next Ensueing after my Decease in order that shee may support
her self and her Children thare by Dureing Said Time and at the
Expiration of said Time to use Poses and Enjoy the one third
part of the lands And Tenements aforesaid to her only Proper
use and Benefit for and Dureing her Remaining my widdow and
the other Two Thirds of my Lands musuages & Tenements
afores'd I Give unto my son Benjamin Fox as an absolute Estate
of Inheritance in Fee Simple for Ever Provided he the said Ben-
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 27 1
jamin shall pay the Legacys which Shall be hereafter ordered by
my Executor hereafter named
Item I will to my son Elijah Fox the sum of five pounds
Lawfull money to Be paid either By my son Benjamin aforesaid
or if he Refuseth To be paid by my Executor hereafter named
out of the Two thirds of the Premises afores'd at the Expiration
of Eight years after my Decease
Item I will to my Son Daniel Fox five pounds Lawfull money
to Be paid out of the Two thirds afores'd at the End of nine years
after my Decease
Item I will to my son Edward Fox five pounds to Be paid out
of the Two thirds aforesaid at the End of Eleven years after my
Decease
Item I will to my son Israel Fox five pounds to be paid out of
the Two thirds afores'd at the End of fifteen years after my
Decease
Item I will that my three Daughters Moly Bety and Hanah
Have Two pounds Ten shillings Lawfull money apiece to be Paid
out of the Two thirds of the premeses afores'd when Each of
them shall arive at the age of Eighteen
Also I will that my well beloved wife mary aforesd have &
poses Half my Dwelling House & seller Dureing her widowwood
and all the moveables and stock that Shall Remain after pay-
ment of my Debts will shee shall have to use & Dispose of at her
Pleasure for Ever. Also I will at the End of her widowwood that
the other Third part of my Real Estate be my son Benjamins for
Ever. —
Lastly I constitute and apoint mary Fox my well beloved wife
Sole Executor * * *
Benj fox
[Witnesses] Joshua Burnam, John Neley, William Nelley.
[Proved May 28, 1766.]
^ [Inventory, Nov. 25, 1766; amount, £5235. 10. o; signed by
Joseph Sias and Joshua Burnham.]
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JOSEPH WATSON 1766 DOVER
[Administration on the estate of Joseph Watson of Dover,
husbandman, granted to his widow, Elizabeth Watson, March
26, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 164.]
[Inventory, April 10, 1766; amount, £287. 4. 3; signed by
Ephraim Hanson and Joseph Hanson.]
[Listof claims against the estate, July 30, 1767; amount, £118.
3. 9^; signed by Alexander Caldwell and Joshua Wingate.]
Province of 1 We the Subscribers being appointed by the
New Hamps' / Hon'^'^ John Wentworth Esq' Judge of the
Probate of wills for Said Province To Set of one third part of the
Rale Estate of Joseph Watsons Late of Dover Deces*^ to his
widow Elesebeth watson we have Don the Same in the following
form viz —
Begining att a heep of Stones by the widow Joanna Watsons
Land South forty Tow Degrees East fourteen Rods from Shef-
felds Land So Cald Runing noth Eighty Degrees East thirty one
Rods to Richard Scammons Land Late of Dover Deces*^ then
Southerly by S*^ Scammons Land to the Road then Runing by
S<^ Road Thirty one Rods to Land in William Hansons persesion
then bounding westerly partly by S*^ Hansons and partly by the
widow Joanna Watson their Land to the first bounds Containing
between Seventeen and Eighteen acres together with one Lower
Rume in the west Corner of the Dwelling House and also a
Privilage in the Citchen to Do her house hold work in together
with a Privilage in the Suller a Cording to her Right in S<^ Estate
and the East end of the Barn as far as the Second Tear of posts of
S"* Barn for her third part in the afores"^ Estate the widow Elese-
beth is to a Low a Road of Tow Rods in weadth by Scammons
Land through her Land to Pass and Transport any thing to or
from the other part of S*^ Land to the main Road they keeping
the Road that is a Low^ them there for and as the afores*^ buld-
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ings Stands on the afores^ widow Elesebeth Land the owners of
the others part of S'^ buldings Shall not be Debar'* from passing
transporting to or in or from the afores<* buldings nor from Lay-
ing any thing by the afores** buldings as thay may have a Cashon
of Kepping within the Compass of Tow Rods Round S"* buldings
So that no one that has a Right or Shall have in the afores^ buld-
ings is not to be Debar** from Enjoying there Priviladge a Cord-
ing to there Right in the afores** buldings or Shall have there in
Doing no Damige to the afores'' widow Elesabath by passing
Transporting but the nearest way from the afores** buldings to
the Road a Low* Throw her Land as you may See in the anext
Plan which is humblely Submited by us according to the best of
our Judgment
Dover March 23 Day 1767 —
Joshua Win gate '
Alex'' Caldwell \ Commeette
Jos: Hanson
[Account of Amos Howard and his wife, Elizabeth Howard,
administratrix; receipts, £204. 10. o; expenditures, £109. 2. 4>^;
mentions '' Maintenance of three of the Deceas'ds Children being
under 7 Years of Age"; allowed April 27, 1768.]
[Settlement of claims ; amount of claims, £118. 3. 9^ ; amount
distributed, £95. 7. 7^; filed Aug., 1768.]
[Citation to Amos Howard of Dover, husbandman, and his
wife, Betty Howard, administratrix, Dec. 13, 1792, to show
cause for not paying the claim of William Watson of Dover.]
[Decree of court, Jan. i, 1793, placing the bond of the ad-
ministratrix in suit.]
GIDEON TIBBETTS 1766 ROCHESTER
[Administration on the estate of Gideon Tibbetts of Rochester,
yeoman, granted to Nathan Hoag March 26, 1766,]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 164.]
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NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 275
[Bond of Nathan Hoag of Stratham, with Satchell Clark of
Stratham and Theophilus Smith of Exeter as sureties, in the sum
of £10,000, March 26, 1766, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Vaughan, William Parker.]
[Warrant, March 26, 1766, authorizing William Allen of
Rochester, gentleman, and Charles Baker of Somersworth,
blacksmith, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, April 7, 1766; amount, £323. 18. 3^; signed by
William Allen and Charles Baker.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 232.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £97. i. 3, personal
estate; expenditures, £62, 19. 7^; mentions "maintenance of a
child under 7 Years old"; allowed Feb. 23, 1768.]
[Guardianship of Ephraim Tibbetts, son of Gideon Tibbetts,
granted to Nathan Hoag of Stratham, yeoman, April 6, 1770.]
[Probate Records, vol. 26, p. 219.]
[Bond of Nathan Hoag, yeoman, with William Pottle, gentle-
man, as surety, both of Stratham, in the sum of £500, April 6,
1770, for the guardianship of Ephraim Tibbetts, aged less than
14 years; witness, William Parker.]
[Additional account; receipts, £154. 17. 2%; expenditures,
£87. 14. 10; mentions "Maintenance of the only Child from the
19**' Day of January 1768 till he was 7 y" old being 154 weeks.
. . . boarding nursing & attend^ widow Sixty two weeks & >2 &
her fun^ Expences"; allowed Nov. 13, 1782.]
JONATHAN MARTIN 1766 NEWCASTLE
[License to Abraham Trefethen of Newcastle, miller, adminis-
trator, March 2^, 1766, to sell real estate of Jonathan Martin of
Newcastle, mariner, deceased, intestate.]
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NOAH TARBOX 1766 LONDONDERRY
In the name of God Amen I Noah Tarbox of Londonderry
within the Province of new hampshir in new England Cordwiner
being Sick and Indisposed * * *
Item my will is and I give and Bequath to my Bloved wife
Jain Tarbox ten pounds Stering mony of Great Briting in two
Yares after my Deses and also twanty Dolers which was her Son
Larnard for Ever and also the Benefit of two Coys and my Mear
as Long as shee Reamens my wadow as also my Bed and bedsted
and tramel for Ever as also one fort part of my fising plas as
Long as my Wadow and I Low my Chirldran to kep my wadow
and James my Yonges son one Year after my Descees in Rezena-
bal Bord Shee Given them her third for one Year they Keping
her mare and Coys I also one bed and Chest and other housal
plenising fit to kep hir hous as Long as shee is my widow but at
her Maring or deth thes Last and Catal shall Revetun to my
Chirldring and also one half part of my Beases
Item my will is and I Give and Bequeth to my Chirldrain
Ebenezer Marey Sushana Leade noah Lusae Estar & James
Tarbox as also my Grand son John Noltan all one Equeal part of
my Real and personel Estat after my Debts and other Cherges is
payd only my thire sons is to have one fort Part of my fising
poles more then the Rest and if my Gran Son John Nolton dies
before he arifees to to the ages of twant one then his part is to
Revetun to my Chirldren Equeal and if he Lives he is not to have
his mony till he arifes to twenty one and any of my Chirldren
that I am in debets to I alow to have ther Debtes first payd to
them
and I do hereby utterly disllow Revoke & disanull all & Every
other former Testemets wills Legacies and Bequeastts & Exacut
by me in any wise befor named wiled and Bequethed Ratifyin
and Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Teste-
ment and do Constutute mack and ordain my son Ebenezer
Tarbox Exacuter of this my Last will & Testement. In Witness
wherof I have hernto set my hand and seal this twnty Eght day
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 277
of March anno Dom: 1766 and in the sixt Year of his Majtcs
Reign Goreg the third &c
his
Noah X Tarbox
mark
[Witnesses] Ezekiel Grele, Samson Kidder, John Clark.
[Proved May 9, 1766.]
[Inventory, May i, 1766; amount, £110. 7. 4; signed by
Samuel Senter and David Marshall.]
JOSEPH RUNNELLS 1766 DOVER
[Administration on the estate of Joseph Runnells of Dover,
tanner, granted to his widow, Lydia Runnells, April 3, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 171.]
[Bond of Lydia Runnells, with Zaccheus Purington and Moses
Varney, yeomen, as sureties, all of Dover, in the sum of £500,
April 3, 1766, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
Solomon Hanson, Richard Wibird Penhallow.]
[Warrant, April 3, 1766, authorizing Joseph Roberts and
Solomon Hanson, both of Dover, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, April 30, 1766; amount, £398. 10. 5; signed by
Joseph Roberts and Solomon Hanson.]
[List of claims against the estate; amount, £304. 11. 6]4;
signed by Joseph Roberts and Solomon Hanson, and filed Dec.
30, 1767.]
Province of 1 Pursuant to a Warrant from the Hon^^*
Newhampshire J John Wentworth Esq' Judge of the probate of
wills &c for the Province of Newhampshire; Directing and ap-
pointing us the Subscribers a Committee to Set of to Lydia
Runnals wife & Relict of Joseph Runnals Late of Dover De-
ceased, one third part of the Real Estate of which the said Joseph
278 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Died Seiz'd — accordingly we have made an Estimation of Said
Estate and Sat of to the Said Lydia for her Dower of Said Estate
the Lands following Viz about five acres of Land in Dover
afors*^ Together with the house, Barn, Bark house, Tanyard &c
on the Same, being the Same on which the said Joseph Liv^ in
his Life time and is Bounded as follows viz Northerly by the
highway westerly & Southerly by Land of maul Hanson and
Easterly by Land Belonging to the heirs of martha Pinkham
Deceased, also Twenty four acres of Land purchased of Jonathan
Pinkham and eighteen acres of Land purchased of Shadrach
Hodgsdon which Said Twenty four acres and Eighteen acres of
Land Layeth together & is near the afors"^ five acres, the whole
forty two acres is Bounded as follows Viz northerly & Easterly
by the highway Southerly by Land of Joseph Tibbets & westerly
by land of the Heirs of martha pinkham afors*^ — Dover ^ I arch
i^t 1768 —
Shadrach Hodgsdon
Edward Leathers jun ^ Committee
Ebenezer Thompson ,
[Account of James Libby and his wife, Lydia Libby, formerly
Lydia Runnells, administratrix; receipts, £311. 5. 5, personal
estate; expenditures, £214. 5. 5; mentions "Allowance to the
Widow Necessaries for upholding Life & the Support of Children
under seven years old"; allowed Nov., 1769.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £304. 11. 6)4,
amount distributed, £97. o. o; allowed Nov. 6, 1769.]
MARY PRAY 1766 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I Mary Pray of Portsmouth in the
Province of New Hampshire Widow being Sick * * *
3*^'y I Give my Daughter Sarah Chadborn of Berwick Widow
Five Shillings to paid her by my Executor
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 279
^thiy J gjyg ^Q j^y 5Qn in Law Cyprian Jeffry and olive Jeffry
his wife five Shillings & a Silver Poringer to paid them by my
Executor —
^thiy J g[yQ niy Daughter Hannah Sprauge of Cambridge
Widow five Shillings — to be paid her by my Executor —
6th ly J gjyg j^y Son in Law William Doak and Jane Doak his
wife Five Shillings and all my House Furniture of what kind
soever as beds & bedding only my wearing apparell to be Equally
Divided among my Children
ythiy I Give Jonathan Warner of Portsmouth in the Province of
New Hampshire Merchant my House and Land with all the
Preveledges belonging thereto to him & His Heirs & assigns for
Ever wherein I now Live in, oposite to the House of John
MofTatt Esq"" & the House of Nathaniel Mendum Esq"" in the
Street that Leads to the River by Henry Sherburne Esq"
and the Said Jonathan Warner is to Pay all the Legasies
Debts & funeral Charges out of what I have given him before
mentioned
Finaly I do Constitute and appoint Jonathan Warner of the
afores'' Town & Province merchant to be my Sole Executor of
this my Last Will and Testament Revokeing all other Wills. I do
hereby Ratify and Confirm this and no other to be my Last Will
and Testament as Witness my hand & Seal this 16'*^ Day April
annoque Domini 1766 —
her
Mary X Pray
mark
her
[Witnesses] Dorothy X Pickering, Mark Seavey, Bray Llnder-
mark
wood.
Portsm" Ap^^ iq** 1766 notwithstanding the above Will was
that the House & Land was given to Jonathan Warner before
mentioned it^ my Desire that when my Debt^ & Legaicies &
280 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
funeral Charges is paid the Residue to be Divided to & amongst
my Children before mentioned as Witness my hand & Seal
her
Mary X Pray
mark
[Witnesses] mark Savey, Sam^ Langdon, H. Wentworth.
[Proved May 28, 1766.]
[Account of the executor ; receipts, £88. 16. o; expenditures the
same; allowed Feb. 24, 1779.]
CALEB ROLLINS 1766 STRATHAM
[Administration on the estate of Caleb Rollins of Stratham,
yeoman, granted to Ruth Rollins April 30, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 251.]
[Bond of Ruth Rollins, widow, with John Folsom of Brent-
wood, yeoman, and Josiah Sanborn of Exeter, tanner, as sure-
ties, in the sum of £500, April 30, 1766, for the administration
of the estate: witnesses, John Bell, William Vaughan.]
[Inventory, May 22, 1766; amount, £271. 16. 11 ; signed by
Theophilus Smith and Jethro Pearson.]
Province of | We the Subscribers being appointed a Com-
New Hamp"^ / mittee by the Hon^'^ John Wentworth Esq'
Judge of the Probate of Wills &c for Said Province to Divide and
set off to Ruth Rawlings Widow, her Dower or Thirds which
happens to her, being one full third part of the Real Estate of her
late Husband Caleb Rawlings late of Stratham in Said Province
Yeoman Deceased; and Set forth the Same by Metes and
Bounds, and make Return &c
Pursuant thereto we have Set off to Said Ruth, Eight Acres of
Land on the Westerly Side of the Road by which the Dwelling
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 28 1
House belonging to S"* Estate stands Begining at the North-
easterly Corner of Said Land by the School House there : thence
runing Westerly by the Road Leading to Exeter fifteen Rods,
thence runing Southerly about fifty Eight Rods to an Elm Tree by
the fence, by Daniel Robinsons Land, thence runing Easterly and
Southerly by Said Robinsons Land to Capt Pearsons Land , thence
Easterly by Said Pearsons Land to Said Road ; thence runing
Notherly by Said Road to the Corner first Mentioned ; Excepting
only out of Said Eight Acres Liberty to the owners of the other two
thirds of said Dwelling House to pass & repass to and from the
Same, as there may be occasion for improving the Said two thirds.
Also we Set off Eight Acres on the Easterly Side of Said Road,
Begining at the Nor Westerly Corner of the Land belonging to
Said Estate, by Said Road; thence runing southeasterly by
William Chases and Rachael Smiths Land seventy Eight Rods
to a stake and alder Bush Spotted, thence South 20 Deg« West
Eighteen Rods and a half to a stake, thence North 49 Deg"
West to S'* Road, thence Northerly by Said Road Eighteen Rods
and a half to the Corner first mentioned ; Excepting only out of
the Same, a Convenient yard by the Barn on s'^ Land, for the
use of the owners of the other two thirds thereof: and the priv-
iledge W™ Chase has of passing through it.
We also Set off to Said Ruth the two Chimney Rooms in the
Easterly end of the Dwelling House with the Chambers over the
Same (Excluding the Garret) and also the Celler under that part
of the House ; with Convenient Liberty of passing & repassing to
and from Said Chamber and Celler; and a Convenient priviledge
in the Well.
also about ten feet the whole width of the Easterly end of the
Barn belonging to Said Estate, with Liberty of thrashing Corn,
and hailing in Hay on the Barn flore.
We make this Return the S*'' Day of December anno. 1766.
Theo: Smith
Jethro Person
Sam^ Lane
282 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £128. 16. 6; expendi-
tures, £119. 10. 5; filed May 27, 1767.]
[Guardianship of Pelatiah Rollins, John Rollins, and Love
Rollins, minors, aged more than 14 years, children of Caleb
Rollins, granted to Jethro Pearson of Brentwood, gentleman,
May 2"], 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 427.]
[Bond of Jethro Pearson of Exeter, with Theopilus Smith of
Exeter and James Bean of Brentwood as sureties, in the sum of
£500, May 27, 1767, for the guardianship of Pelatiah Rollins,
John Rollins, and Love Rollins; witnesses, William Parker,
Robert Parks.]
[Guardianship of two children of Caleb Rollins, aged less than
14 years, names not given, granted to Jethro Pearson of Exeter,
gentleman. May 27, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 427.]
[Bond of Jethro Pearson, with Theophilus Smith and James
Bean as sureties, all of Exeter, in the sum of £500, May 2"] , 1767,
for the guardianship of two of the children of Caleb Rollins;
witnesses, William Parker, Robert Parks.]
[Warrant, Jan. 10, 1770, authorizing Josiah Robinson of Ex-
eter, gentleman, Samuel Lane, Daniel Clark, and Jacob Rund-
lett, yeoman, all of Stratham, to divide the estate.]
[Probate Records, vol. 26, p. 88.]
Province of 1 We the Subscribers being the Major part of
New Hamp"" / a Committee appointed by the Hon'''^ John
Wentworth Esq' Judge of the Probate of Wills &c for Said
Province, to Divide the Real Estate of Caleb Rollings late of
Stratham in Said Province Deceased Intestate, among his Chil-
dren &c have done the Same as follows viz*
We have set off to the Right of Thomas Rollings, (the only
Surviving Son of Thomas Rollings late of Said Stratham, De-
ceas'd who was the Eldest Son of Said Caleb, for his Double
NEW HAMPSHIRE WHXS 283
Portion of Said Estate) Four Acres & twenty two Rods of Land,
lying on the Easterly Side of the Road leading by the late Dwell-
ing House of Said Intestate, Bounded as follows viz* Begining
at the Southerly Corner of Land Sett off for the Widows thirds
out of Said Estate, by Said Road; thence runing by Said Road
Southerly Six Rods, thence South about fifty one Degrees East
to Daniel Robinsons Land ; thence Northeasterly by Said Robin-
sons Land twelve Rods to Benjamin Greens Land ; thence
Norwesterly by Said Greens Land, and by Said Widows Thirds
to the Corner first mentioned.
We have Set off to Mary Cate Daughter of Said Intestate for
her Share of Said Land, Two acres and twenty one Rods of Land
Bounded as follows viz* Begining by Said Road at the Southerly
Corner of the abovesd four acres & twenty two Rods of Land,
thence runing Southerly by Said Road three Rods; thence South
about fifty Degrees East to Daniel Robinsons Land; thence
Northeasterly by S'* Robinsons Land four Rods and three quar-
ters to the abovesd four acres & 22 Rods of Land ; then Bound-
ing thereon to the Corner first Mentioned.
We have Sett off to Pelatiah Rollings Son of Said Intestate
Two acres & thirty Rods of Land Bounded as follows viz* Be-
gining at said Road at the Southerly Corner of Said Marys part,
thence runing by Said Road Southerly three Rods & Eleven
feet, thence South about forty nine Degrees East to Daniel Rob-
insons Land; thence Notheasterly by S'^ Robinsons Land four
Rods and a half to Said Marys part; thence runing Norwesterly
by S'l Marys part to the Southerly Corner thereof first mentioned.
We have Sett off to Dorothy, Daughter of Said Intestate Two
acres & thirty Rods of Land, Begining at said Road at the
Southerly Corner of Said Pelatiahs part; thence runing by said
Road Southerly three Rods and a half; thence South about forty
Seven Degrees East to Daniel Robinsons Land; thence Noth-
easterly by s^ Robinsons Land five Rods and a half to Said
Pelatiahs part; thence Norwesterly by his part, to the Southerly
Corner thereof first mentioned.
284 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
We have Sett off to Love, Daughter of s^ Intestate Two acres
& thirty Rods of Land Begining at the Southerly Corner of
Dorothys part by Said Road; thence runing Southerly by S*^
Road three Rods and three quarters; thence runing near South-
east to Daniel Robinsons Land; thence Notheasterly by s^
Robinsons Land five Rods & a quarter, to said Dorothys part;
thence Norwesterly by s^ Dorothys part to her Southerly Corner
aforsd.
We have Sett off to Rachael one Hundred & thirty Seven Rods
of Land as a part of her Share, Bounded as follows viz* Begining
at the Southerly Corner of Said Love^ Share by s'^ Road ; thence
runing Southerly by Said Road two Rods; thence near Southeast
to Daniel Robinsons Land; thence Northeasterly thereby one
Rod & twelve feet to Said Love^ part, thence near Norwest by
s*^ Loves part, to her Southerly Corner first mentioned.
We have Sett off to Elisabeth Daughter of Said Intestate for
her Share Two acres & fourteen Rods of Land Bounded as fol-
lows viz* Begining at the Norwesterly corner of Joseph Pearsons
Land by Said Road ; thence runing Notherly by Said Road four
Rods & three quarters thence near Southeast to Daniel Robin-
sons Land; thence Southwesterly by Said Robinsons Land four
Rods and a quarter to Said Pearsons Land ; thence Norwesterly
by S'^ Pearsons Land to the corner first mentioned.
We have Sett off to Phebe Robie Daughter of Said Intestate
Two acres & twelve Rods of Land for her Share, Lying by the
Road leading from Northill to Exeter, Begining at the Noth-
easterly corner of Land belonging to the Heirs of Joseph Lar-
rance Deceas'd ; thence runing Easterly by Said Road five Rods
& a half; thence South about twenty Six Deg^ West to Daniel
Robinsons Land ; thence Westerly by Said Robinsons Land Six
Rods & a half to S*^ Larrances Land thence Notherly by Said
Larrances Land to the corner first mentioned.
We have Sett off to Eliphalet Rolings Son of S<^ Intestate Two
acres of Land for his Share ; Begining at the Notheasterly Corner
of Said Phebe^ part by S*^ Road; thence runing Easterly by Said
i
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 285
Road five Rods; thence South about twenty five Degrees West
to Said Daniel Robinsons Land ; thence Westerly by Said Robin-
sons Land, Six Rods and a half to Said Phebe* Share; thence
Notherly by Said Phebe^ Share to her corner first mentioned.
We have Sett off to John Rollings Son of Said Intestate for his
Share Two Acres of Land ; Bounded as follows viz* Begining at
the Notheasterly Corner of Said Eliphalets Share, by Said Road ;
thence runing Easterly by Said Road five Rods; thence runing
South about twenty two Degrees West to Daniel Robinsons
Land ; thence Westerly by Said Robinsons Land, Six Rods and a
half to Said Eliphalets Share; then runing Notherly by Said
Eliphalets Share to the Corner thereof first Mentioned.
finally We have Sett off to the aforesaid Rachael for the re-
maining part of her Share (Exclusive of what is set off to her as
aforesd) one acre and a quarter of Land Bounded as follows viz*
Begining at the Notheasterly corner of Said John^ Share by Said
Road; thence runing Easterly by Said Road three Rods to Land
Sett off to Said Widows Thirds; thence runing Southerly by Said
Thirds to an Elm Tree Spotted Standing by Daniel Robinsons
Land; thence runing Westerly by Said Robinsons Land five
Rods to Said Johns Share; thence Notherly by Said Johns
Share to his Notheasterly Corner first Mentioned.
We Make this Return the 3P* Day of January Anno. 1770.
Sam' Lane
Josiah Robinson r Com*^^
John Taylor J
[Warrant, Feb. 16, 1785, authorizing Josiah Robinson, gentle-
man, Joseph Cram, yeoman, both of Exeter, Daniel Clark, yeo-
man, Jonathan Hoyt, and Nicholas Rollins, gentlemen, all of
Stratham, to divide the widow's dower.]
State of New Hamps' 1 Pursuant to a Warrant from the
Rockingham ss / Honourable Philips White Esq'' Judge
of probate of Wills &c for Said County to make partition of about
Sixteen Acres of Land in Stratham in Said County that was Sett
286 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
off to Ruth Rollins late Widow of Caleb Rollins late of Said
Stratham yeoman Deceased as her Dower in the Estate of Said
Deceased as follows to Sett off to Josiah Smith of Said Stratham
Gent" Eight tenths of Said Land to Rachel Miller wife of Jona-
than Miller and Dafter of Said Deceased one tenth and to the
Children of Robert ^Miller by his late wife who was Betty Rollins
and was a Dafter of Said Deceased one tenth — We the Subscrib-
ers being the major part of a Commitee Proceded as follows To
Said Josiah Smith we have Sett off about Seven Acres Lying in
Said Stratham the Easterly side of the Highway that Leadeth to
Cap* Josiah Robinsons Begining at the Westerly Corner of Said
Smiths Land by Josiah Chases house then Runing Southeasterly
by Said Smiths Land Seventy Eight Rods to a stake and older
bush spotted then Southerly fourteen Rods to Benj^ Greens Land
then North fifty two Degrees We* Seventy Nine Rods and half
by Land of Said Green, to Said Highway then Northerly by Said
Highway Seventeen Rods and three quarters to the first Bounds
— Also five Acres and thirty Six Rods on the Westerly Side of
Said Highway Begining at the Corner of the Road by the School
house then westerly by the Highway that Leads to Exeter fifteen
Rods, then South twenty Degrees West forty Eight Rods to a
Stake then South Eighty four Degrees East to the Southerly end
of a large Rock in the fence by Said Highway that Leadeth to
Cap* Robinsons then Northerly by Said Highway to the first
mentioned Bounds
Then We Sett off to Rachel Miller wife of Said Jonathan Miller
one Acre and Ninety Eight Rods in Said Stratham the Westerly
Side of Said Highway Begining at the southerly End of Said Rock
then Southerly by Said Highway Eighteen Rods and half to a
Red oak sprout Spotted then from Said Rock North Eighty four
Degrees West across Said Land to a stake then Southerly ten
Rod to an Elm tree Spotted then Easterly by Daniel Robinsons
Land ten Rods and half then Southeasterly by Said Robinsons
Land Eight Rods and nine tenths of a Rod to a stake then East-
erly to Said Red oak Sprout —
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 287
Then We Set off to the Children of Robert Miller by his wife
who was Betty Rawlings one acre and one hundred and twelve
Rods the Westerly Side of Said highway that Leadeth to Cap*
Robinsons Begining at the Northerly Corner of Jotham Rollins
Land by Said highway at a Brook then Northerly by Said High-
way twenty one Rods and two tenths of a Rod to Said Red oak
Sprout, then Westerly by Land we Sett off to Said Rachel untill
it Comes to Land of Said Daniel Robinson then Southerly by
Said Robinsons Land twenty Rods and two tenths of a Rod to
Land of Said Jotham Rollins then Easterly by Said Rollins's
Land fifteen Rods and Eight tenths of a Rod to the first Bounds
— thus we have Impartialy Divided Said Land having Respect
to the Quality as well as the quantity. Dated at Exeter April
the twelfth Anno. D. 1785
Daniel Clark
Jonathan Hoit
Joseph Cram
ELISHA MARSTON 1766 BRENTWOOD
[Administration on the estate of Elisha Marston of Brentwood,
yeoman, granted to Anna Marston April 30, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 251.]
[Bond of Anna Marston, widow, with John Tuck, yeoman, and
Porter Kimball, weaver, as sureties, all of Brentwood, in the sum
of £500, April 30, 1766, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, Daniel Beede, Jeremiah Rowe.]
[Warrant, April 30, 1766, authorizing Daniel Beede of Poplin
and Jeremiah Rowe of Brentwood, yeoman, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, May 19, 1766; amount, £202. o. 9; signed by Jere-
miah Rowe and Daniel Beede.]
288 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Warrant, March 4, 1767, authorizing Daniel Beede of Pop-
lin and Jonathan Veasey of Brentwood, gentleman, to receive
claims against the estate.]
[Warrant, March 4, 1767, authorizing John Tuck, Winthrop
Marston, yeoman, and Jonathan Veasey, gentleman, all of Brent-
wood, to set off the widow's dower.]
Province of i We the Subscribers being appointed a Com-
Newhamp'*' J mittee By a warrant from the hon''''^ John
Wentworth Esq"" Judge of Probate of wills &c for Said Province
To Set off to anna Marston widow (Relect of Elisha Marston
Late of Brentwood yeoman Deceas'^ Intestate) her Dowr or
thirds of the Real Estate her s^ husband the said Elisha Died
Siez*^ of in parsuance whereof we have Meet viewed valued Di-
vided & set off to the said Anna for her Compleat third Part of
s"^ Estate twelve acers be the Same more or Less bounded as
foloweth viz Begining at the Southwest Corner of the said De-
ceas<^s Land on the north Side of the Rode that Leadeth to the
meeting house in s"^ Brentwood then Runs northerly on the
Range way to Land of Joshua Bean then Easterly on s'^ Bean
fifty four Rods to a stake & stone then Southerly Perelell with s^
Range way to a stake by the side of the way that Leadeth to the
meeting house then westerly on s*^ way to the Bounds first men-
tioned together with the Dwelling house & other Edifeces
thereon —
Divided & set off by us this 16*'' day of march 1767
wintrop marston
Jonathan Veasey r Committee
John Tucke J
[List of claims against the estate, Sept. 29, 1767; amount,
£91. 7. 8]4; signed by Daniel Beede and Jonathan Veasey.]
[Account of Joseph Sanborn and his wife, Anna Sanborn,
formerly Anna Marston, administratrix; receipts, £136. 17. 9;
expenditures, £191. 7. 4; mentions "bringing up two Children.
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 289
one from the age of three years and nine months old ; the other
from two years old"; allowed Oct. 27, 1773.]
[Petition of Jonathan Moulton, creditor, Dec. 23, 1774, for an
account of the estate by the administratrix.]
JOHN PAIGE 1766 SOUTH HAMPTON
In The Name of God amen may the First anno quedmini
1766 I John Paige of South Hampton In the Province of New
Hampshier Esq"" * * *
Impri^ I Give and Bequeath unto Mary my beloved wife the
soul use prophit and Improvement of the one half of my Lands
and Medows and the one half of my House and Barn In South
Hampton and Salisbury with the Appurtenances thareto belong-
ing which I give unto my son Enoch Paige as shall be herein
after mentioned, to use and Improve for har Cumfortable sup-
port and subsistance Dureing har state of widohood and all my
Houshold Goods, my Loome and tacklen, and all my Cows
Eues and hiffers, and my beste Horse and Chare, and the one
half of my Corn grain and hay I give unto my Said wife for ever
Itim I give and bequeath unto my son Ebenezer Paige the one
half of my Right in Gillmantown which I bought of Jeams
Leavit which Lieth In Comon and undivided and fifteen pounds
Lawfull money to be Paid by my son samuel to him his heirs and
assigens forever, which I Judge to be his Preportion of my Estate
togather with what I have giveen him by Deed and other ways
which I Do hereby Rattifie and Confirm
Itim I give and bequeath unto my son Samuel Paige all my
land in South Hampton which I bought of Benjemain Baker and
the Griffens, and that Goar of land which Lieth on the highway
near Griffins Bridg (so caled) and half my Flats or Medow at
the Cross Beach, and the other half of my Right In Gilmantown
which I bought of Jeams Leavit which Lieth In Comon and un-
290 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
divided with all Priviledges and appurtanances to him his heirs
and assigns forever, furthermore I give unto my said son Samuel
the one half of my Mill and Streame whare it now stands with all
the Privilidges and appurtanances to the same belonging to him
and his heirs to be Possesed and Improved by him or them untill
the year of our Lord one thousend Seven hundred and ninty and
no longer, he or thay Paying unto his brother Ebenezer Paige
fifteen Poundes Lawfull money within one year after my Decease
Itim I give and bequeath unto my son moses Paige all my
Land In Eppen whare he now Liveth, and that half Right or
Proprietors sheir in Gilmantown which I bought of Benjemain
Baker (Excepting forty acers allready Laid out and drawn) to
him his heirs and assigens forever
Itim I give and bequeath unto my son John Paige all my Land
In Hawk whare he now Liveth and the one half my Right and
Shier In that two hundred acer Lot which was Laid out by Kings-
town to the Right of Samuel winsle Decesed, and a forty acer
Lot In Gilmantown which is in the second division in that Right
which I bought of Jeams Leavit with all Privilidges and appur-
tanances belonging to him his heirs and assigens forever, he or
thay Paying unto his sister Bettey French Ten Pounds Lawfull
money within Two years after my Decease
Itim I give and bequeath unto my Son Ephraim Paige the
other half of my Right and sheire In that two hundred acre Lot
which was Laid out by Kingstown to the Right of Samuel wensle
decesed, and a forty acre Lot in Gilmantown In that half Right
which I bought of Benjemain Baker, and my Right In the stream
and mill Previlidge in hauck whare that mill is Caled the Lower
Cub Pond mill to him his heirs and assigens forever he or thay
Paying unto his Sister Bettey French fifteen Pounds Lawfull
money within Two years after my Decease which Considering
what I have already given him by deed and otherwise which I
do hereby Rattifie and Confirm I Judge to be his Preportion of
my Estate
Itim I give and bequeath unto my son Enoch Paige all my
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 29 1
Land In South Hampton and Salisbury which I have not Given
to my son Samuel with the Buindings that are tharc on and that
Land In Kinsinton which I Bought of Nathaniel Healey and that
Forty acre Lot In Gilmantown In The First Devision In that
Right which I bought of Jeams Leavit and half my flats at the
Cros Beach with all the Priviledges and appurtanances thare
unto belonging to him his Heirs and assigens forever the one half
thareof to be Possessed by him Emeadatly after my deceac and
the other half after my wifes Deceac or time of Marrage Further-
more I give unto my said son Eanoch all my stock of Cattel
Sheep and swine my Corn and hay which I have not given unto
my wife and all my tooles and Implements for all manner of
work boath for man and beaste to work withall he or thay Pay-
ing all my Just Debts and funaral Expence and Provide for his
mother Sufhcent fire wood Cut fit for the fire and Caried Into
the House as She Shall or may have occation
Itim I Give unto my daughter Bettey French the wife of
Benj" French twenty five Pounds Lawfull money ten Pounds
thare of to be Paid by my Son John within two years after
my Deceace and fifteen Pounds to be paid by my son Epharim
within three years after my Deceace — to har and har heirs
forever
Itim I Give and Bequeath unto my grandson Benjemain
Paige son of my son Ebenezer Paige one full Right or Proprietors
sheire In the township of warren which I bought of Ebenezer
Morrill with all Priviledges and appurtanances thare to belong-
ing to him his heirs and assigens for Ever
also my will is that all my Land In warren and Pearmont not
disposd of all my wareing apparril my fire arms and my Books
be eacquily Divided to and among my sons Except my Littel
Gun which I give unto my Grandson Benjemain (my Books not
till after my wifs Decease)
and I do hereby Constitute Make and ordaine My Son Enoch
Paige to be Soul Executor * * *
John Paige
292 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Witnesses] Moses french, Levi franch, Edward dearben.
[Proved April 29, 1767.]
[Mary Paige, widow, and Ebenezer Paige, Samuel Paige,
Moses Paige, John Paige, Ephraim Paige, and Benjamin French,
sons of the deceased, accept the provisions of the will and waive
inventory March 26, 1767; witness, Meshech Weare.]
[Bond of Enoch Paige of South Hampton, yeoman, with Abel
Davis of Hampton Falls, tailor, as surety, in the sum of £300,
April 29, 1767, for the execution of the will; witnesses, William
Parker, Jr., William Parker.]
PHEDRIS McCUTCHEON 1766 BARRINGTON
[Judith McCutcheon renounces administration on the estate
of her husband, Phedris McCutcheon of Barrington, in favor of
Ebenezer Thompson of Durham May 5, 1766; witness, Pelatiah
Daniels.]
[Administration granted to Ebenezer Thompson May 6, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 194.]
[Bond of Ebenezer Thompson, physician, with John Emerson
and Pelatiah Daniels of Barrington, yeomen, as sureties, in the
sum of £500, May 6, 1766, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker, Richard Wibird Penhallow.]
[Warrant, May 6, 1766, authorizing John Smith, 3d, and
Joseph Stevens, both of Durham, yeomen, to appraise the es-
tate.]
[Inventory, July 15, 1766; amount, £276. 15. 5; signed by
Joseph Stevens and John Smith.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £274. o. 3; expendi-
tures, £244. 2. 5; allowed July 27, 1768.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 293
JOHN SPEAD 1766 STRATHAM
In The Name of God amen This fifth Day of may anno
Domini 1766 I John Spead of Stratham in the Province of New-
hampshire yeoman being but Week in loody * * *
first I Give unto my beloved Wife Elisabeth During her Nat-
urall Life or So Long as She Remains my Widow The use &
Improvement of all my Real Estate Lying & being in Stratham
or Exeter and allso I Give to my Said Wife During the Teirm
above mentioned all my Hausel Stufe within Dores and my Will
is that at my Said Wifes Decease or marrage the Hausel Stufe
to be Equaly Devided too & among my four Daughters viz
Mary Elisabeth Ann & Lydiah
Iti™ I Give unto my Son Benjamin Spead five Shilings Lawful!
money & to be paid to him by my Son Thomas Spead within
three years after my Said Son Thomas arives at the age of
Twenty one years
Iti"" I Give unto my Son Ebenezer Spead Five Shillings LawfuU
money & to be Paid by my Son Thomas Spead within four years
after my Said Son Thomas Comes to the age of Twenty one years
Iti"' I Give unto my Son John Spead Five Shilings Lawfull
money & to be paid to him within five years after my Decease or
when he Shall arive at the full age of Twenty Two years & to be
paid by my Son Thomas Spead
Iti"^ I Give unto my Daughter mary Five Shilings Lawfull
money and to be Paid to her by my Son Thomas Spead within
Three years after my Said Son Thomas arives at the age of
Twenty one Years
Iti'" I Give unto my Daughter Elisabeth Five Shiling Lawfull
money & to be Paid to her within Four years after my Son
Thomas Spead Coms to the age of Twenty one years & to be
Paid by my Said Son Thomas
Iti™ I Give unto my Daughter Ann Five Shilings Lawfull
money & to be Paid to her by my Son Thomas Spead within Six
years after my Said Son Thomas Comes to the age of Twenty one
years
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Iti'^ I Give unto my Daughter Lydalh Five Shilings Lawfull
money and to her by my Son Thomas Spead within Eight years
after my Said Son Thomas Comes to the age of Twenty one years
Iti'' I Give unto my Son Thomas Spead and to his heirs &
assings for Ever all my Lands & bulding Be The Same more or
Less Lying & being in Stratham Exeter or Else wheare Though
not Purticekely mentioned he my Said Son Thomas to Come
into Porssision There of at his mother Decease or marrage my
Said Son Thomas Paying my just Debts furnal Charges & the
Several Legices as ordered in this my Last will
Lastly I Do here by Constitute & appoint my frind & nabour
Daniel Clark of Stratham afore Said yeoman to be Sole Execu-
tor * * *
His
John X Spead
mark
[Witnesses] Theophilus Rundlet, Jacob Rundlet, Theo. Smith.
[Proved June 25, 1766.]
[Inventory, June 25, 1766; amount, £25. 16. 9; signed by
Theophilus Smith and Jacob Rundlett.]
Province of 1 We the Subscribers being Appointed a
New Hampsh'' J Committee By the Hon'^'*' John Wentworth
Esq'' Judge of the Probate of Wills &c for Said Province, to Di-
vide and Set off to Elizabeth Speed Widow and Relict of John
Speed Late of Stratham in Said Province yeoman Deceased her
Dower & thirds of the Real Estate of Said Deceas'd being one
full third thereof according to Quantity & Quality and set forth
the Same by Meets & Bounds &c Pursuant to which we have
Set of to Said Elizabeth three quarters of an Acre of Land
Situate in Stratham aforesaid Bounded as follows viz* Begining
at the Notheasterly Corner of Land Belonging to the Estate of
Said Deceas'd by the Country Road thence runing Westerly by
Mathew Tomsons Land Nine Rods and a half to a Stake, thence
Southerly Nineteen Rods & a half to a Stake thence Easterly
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 295
Six Rods & ten feet to the End of the Stone Wall which is two
Rods Southeasterly from the Southeasterly Corner of the late
Dwelling House of Said Deceas'd by Said Road, thence Runing
Notherly by Said Road to the Corner first mentioned, together
with the Dwelling House Standing on Said three quarters of an
acre of Land.
We make this Return the first Day of July Anno. 1766.
Theo: Smith
Joseph Hoit
Sam' Lane
[Account of the executor; receipts, £14. 17. 4>^, the personal
estate being allowed to the widow; expenditures, £13. 11. 10;
allowed Oct. 30, 1767.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £9. 6. 11 ^2; amount
distributed, £1. 5. 6j4', allowed July 6, 1768.]
HUGH MONTGOMERY 1766 LONDONDERRY
In the Name of God amen I Hugh Mountgomery of London
Derry in the province of Newhampshire in New England being
My ordinary State of Health at present and in perfect Mind
and Memory thanks be Given to allmighty God for the Same
this Sixth Day of May one thousand Seven hundred and Sixty
Six * * *
Imprimis I Give to My well Beloved wife Jean Mungomery a
Sufficient Maintenance During her Naturil Life that is to Say
that She Shall have the Command of all my personall Estate
During hir Naturill Life but Not to Make any Conveyences of
the Same
item I Give My well Beloloved Son Hugh Mungomery one
Shilling Sterling to Be paid him as soon as May be after My
Decease
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item I Give and bequeath to My well beloved Grand Daugh-
ter Sarah Knox five pound Lawfull Money —
item I Give and bequeath to My well Beloved Grand Daugh-
ter Jean orr five pounds Lawfull Money —
item I Leave My Best father Bed to My well Beloved Daugh-
ter Mary adams together with the furniture Belonging therunto
item I Leave all My farming Utensials to My well Beloved
Son David Mountgomery —
item I Leave My Best Coat and Jacket to My Grand Son
Robert Mountgomery the Son of my Son hugh
and if there is any of My personal Estate Remains after the
before Mentioned Legacies are paid I allow it to be Equaly Di-
vided Betwen My Son David Mungomery and my Son in Law
James adams Except a Note of hand w''*' I have of My Son hugh
Mungomery w"'' I allow to Be Deliver^ up to him and I allow
my well Beloved Son David Mungomery to be My Sole Execu-
tor of this my Last will and Testament hereby Renouncing all
other wills forms Bequists and Executors in wittness wherof and
all herein Contained I have hereunto afixed My hand & Seall this
Sixth Day of May one thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Six
his
Hugh X Mountgomery
Mark
[Witnesses] Robert Morison, Susannah Heath, James Mac-
Gregore,
[Proved May 2, 1767.]
[Inventory, Dec. 18, 1767; amount, £36. 18. o; signed by John
Gilmore and James McGregore.]
[Account of the executor; receipts, £284. 14. o}4; expendi-
tures the same ; mentions the deceased as surviving executor of
the will of David Cochran of Londonderry, trader, Samuel
Barr, guardian of Janet Cochran, Thomas Simpson, guardian of
Mary Cochran, and Samuel Allison, guardian of David Coch-
ran, all children of David Cochran; allowed June 29, 1768.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 297
SAMUEL AUSTIN 1766 SOMERSWORTH
In the Name of God Amen the Sixth Day of may Anno
Domini one thousand Seven Hundred & Sixty Six I Samuel
Austin of Somersworth In The Province of New Hamp"" In New
England Yeoman Do Make & Ordain this my last Will & Testa-
ment * * *
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Well Beloved Sons Samuel
Austin & Stephen Austin & to Each of their Heirs & assigns
forever in Severalty all my Personal Estate not heretofore
Disposed of by this Will & all my Real Estate In Somersworth
or Else Where Equaly Divided between them
Lastly I Constitute Ordain & Appoint My Said Son Samuel
Austin Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament hereby
Revoking Disannuling & Disallowing all other Wills by me
heretofore made Ratifying & Confirming this & No other to be
my last will & Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & affixed my seal the Day & year first above Written
Samuel Austin
[Witnesses] Stephen Varney, William Gale, Tho' W'' Waldron.
[Proved July 29, 1767.]
[Inventory, Oct. 23, 1767; amount, £347. 4. o; signed by
Jacob Sawyer and Nathaniel Home.]
EBENEZER COLCORD 1766 BRENTWOOD
[Hannah Colcord, being near seventy years of age, renounces
administration on the estate of her husband, Ebenezer Colcord
of Brentwood, May 22, 1766, in favor of her son, Ebenezer
Colcord; witness, Benjamin Stevens.]
[Administration granted to Ebenezer Colcord May 28, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 249.]
298 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond of Ebenezer Colcord of Brentwood, gentleman, with
Daniel Beede of Poplin and John Dudley of Raymond, yeoman,
as sureties, in the sum of £10,000, May 28, 1766, for the admin-
istration of the estate; witness, William Vaughan.]
[Inventory, June 7, 1766; amount, £54. 6. 3; signed by Benja-
min Stevens and John Dudley.]
NATHANIEL PUTNAM 1766 WILTON
[Administration on the estate of Nathaniel Putnam of Wilton,
yeoman, granted to Ephraim Putnam May 25, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 250.]
[Abigail Putnam renounces administration on the estate of
her husband, Nathaniel Putnam, June 21, 1766, in favor of her
brother-in-law, Ephraim Putnam of Lyndeborough, she "being
but a Woman and a weakly One" ; witnesses, Amos Fuller, Reu-
ben Harrlman.]
[Bond of Ephraim Putnam, yeoman, with Reuben Harrlman
of Hampstead and Solomon Hanson of Dover, yeomen, as sure-
ties, in the sum of £10,000, June 25, 1766, for the administration
of the estate; witnesses, John Sullivan, William Vaughan.]
[Warrant, June 25, 1766, authorizing Philip Putnam and John
Cram, both of Wilton, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, June 19, 1766; amount, £172. 4. 10; signed by
Philip Putnam, John Cram, and Amos Fuller.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £38. 18. 6; expendi-
tures, £56. I. i^; allowed Oct. 28, 1767.]
[Additional account; receipts, "The Widow living on the Real
Estate with the Family, there being a Number of Small Chil-
dren, it allow'd for her Support"; expenditures, £22. 2. 11; al-
lowed June 29, 1768.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 299
[Guardianship of Miriam Putnam, Sarah Putnam, Mchitabel
Putnam, Daniel Putnam, Benjamin Putnam, and Susanna
Putnam, aged less than 21 years, children of Nathaniel Putnam,
granted to Ephraim Putnam and Francis Putnam March 20,
1770.]
[Probate Records, vol. 26, p. 258.]
[Bond of Ephraim Putnam of Lyndeborough, with Francis
Putnam of Lyndeborough and Reuben Harriman of Hamp-
stead as sureties, in the sum of £500, March 28, 1770, for the
guardianship of Miriam Putnam, Sarah Putnam, Mehitabel
Putnam, Daniel Putnam, Benjamin Putnam, and Susanna Put-
nam; witnesses, Samuel Hobart, Samuel Hale, Jr.]
[Warrant, March 28, 1770, authorizing Joseph Holt, Joseph
Butterfield, Philip Putnam, gentlemen, Jonathan Burton, and
Nathaniel Putnam, yeomen, all of Wilton, to set off the widow's
dower.]
Province of 1 To the Hon'''" John Wentworth Esq'' Judge
New Hamps"^ / of the Probate of Wills &c for the Province
afores^ S""
By Virtue of the Power and Authority granted, by a Warrant
to us the Subscribers exhibited. We have Set off to Abigail
Putnam Relict and Wid^ of Nathaniel Putnam late of Wilton
in said Province Dec'' Intestate, Her Right of Dower & Power of
Thirds that accrews to Her of the real Estate, of which the s**
Nathaniel died Siez'd, by Metes and Bounds in the following
Manner Begining at the South Easterly Corner at a Stake and
Stones by the Road that leads by the House, and about Ten
Rods Westerly of the Same, from thence runing Northerly about
Nine Rods to a fast Rock with Stones on it, thence Westerly
four Rods to a Stake and Stones Standing in the Line between
the Lot N° 19 in the 7*'' Range and the Lot N° 19 in the 8*''
Range thence Northerly on s'' Line to the North East Corner of
the Lot N° 19 in the S**" Range, thence Westerly on the Line of
s'' Lot, Ninety Rods, to a Stake and Stones thence Southerly
> Com*''«
300 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
across s<^ Lot, Parallel with the Line of the Lot, to the Southerly
Line of the Same, thence Easterly on s'l Line & the afores*^ Road
to the first Bound. Also one Third Part of the Dwelling House
viz the North or back Room and the Chamber over it, and Lib-
erty of Setting a Bed in the other Chamber, And one Third part
of the Cellar, and Liberty of the Well and of passing and repass-
ing to and from the House and Well. And also one Third part
of the Barn viz Nine Feet on the Southerly Side from East to
West with a Priviledge in the Yard and of passing and repassing
to & from the Same. And also one Third of the now improved
Garden. Witness our Hands
Wilton July 9 1770 Joseph Holt
Joseph Butterfield
Jonathan Burton
Nathaniel Putnam
Furthermore, We have likewise taken a Careful View of the
other two Thirds and find they will not admit of a Division with-
out Prejudice to the whole. And have in Pursuance to our War-
rant appriz'd the Same at £86. 13. 4 Witness our Hands
Wilton July 9**^ 1770. Joseph Holt ]
Joseph Butterfield I p ^^^
Jonathan Burton
Nathaniel Putnam
[Additional account of the administrator; receipts, £86. 13. 4;
expenditures, £49, o. 334'; mentions "Boarding & Clothing Dan^
son of the Deceased under seven years 39 weeks. . . . Ditto
Benjamin 141 weeks under seven years of age. . . . Ditto
Susannah Daughter 250 weeks under seven years of age";
allowed March 27, 1771.]
[Bond of Francis Putnam, oldest son, yeoman, with Joseph
Butterfield, gentleman, and Ebenezer Perry, yeoman, as sureties,
all of Wilton, in the sum of £6, April 8, 1773, to pay her share to
Abigail, wife of Richard Barlow, having settled with all the other
children; witnesses, Rhoda Holt, Joseph Holt.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 3OI
[Receipt of Ephraim Putnam of Lyndeborough, yeoman,
April 8, 1773, as guardian of Miriam Putnam, Sarah Putnam,
Mehitabel Putnam, Daniel Putnam, Benjamin Putnam, and
Susanna Putnam, aged less than 14 years, children of the de-
ceased, for their shares of the estate; witnesses, Joseph Holt,
Joseph Butterfield.]
[Receipt of Rachel Carleton, Timothy Carleton, and Mary
Putnam, April 8, 1773, for their shares of their father's estate;
witnesses, Nathaniel Putnam, Miriam Putnam, Philip Putnam,
Ebenezer Carleton.]
[Decree of court, Dec. 7, 1775, settling the estate on the oldest
son, Francis Putnam.]
MOSES KIELLE 1766 DOVER
[Administration on the estate of Moses Kielle of Dover, cord-
wainer, granted to James Kielle May 25, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 250.]
[Bond of James Kielle of Dover, tailor, with John Sullivan of
Durham, gentleman, and Joseph Roberts of Dover as sureties,
in the sum of £100, June 25, 1766, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Theophilus Smith, John Wiear.]
JAMES NEVIN 1766 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I James Nevin of the Province of
New Hampshire in New England Esquire being in Bodily Health
and of sound and disposeing mind and memory praised be God
for the same do make and ordain this my Last will and Testa-
ment in manner following that is to say I give and Bequeath unto
my Son George Nevin the Sum of Five Pounds and no more and
302 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
unto my Daughter Margaret Nevin the Hke Sum of Five pounds
to be paid them within the Space of Six Months next after my
decease All the Rest Residue and Remainder of my Real and Per-
sonal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever I give Devise and
Bequeath unto my Loving wife Isabella Nevin and my Sons
Andrew and James Nevin and Daughter Mary Nevin and to their
Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns in manner following
that is to say One third Part or Share thereof unto my said Wife
Isabella Nevin One other third Part or Share unto my Son
Andrew Nevin and the remaining third Part unto my Son James
and Daughter Mary Nevin to be equally divided between them
share and share alike at the Age of Twenty one years but if either
of them should dye before the attainment of that Age then the
Part of him or her so dying to go to the Survivor and the Heirs
Executors Administrators and Assigns of such Survivor And I do
hereby nominate and Appoint Thomas Lane of London Mer-
chant Captain James Cummins of London Marriner Theordore
Atkinson of the Province of New Hampshire New England
Esquire — and my said wife Isabella Nevin Executors of this
my will hereby revokeing and making void all former and other
wills by me heretofore made and do declare this to be my Last
Will and Testament and none else In Witness whereof I the said
James Nevin the Testator have hereunto set my Hand and Seal
the Thirty first Day of May in the Sixth Year of the Reign of
our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of
Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith
and so forth and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Sixty Six
Ja^ Nevin
[Witnesses] And"" Bricket, Rich^ Cock, Jn° Evans.
Codicil to the within Will (viz)
I James Nevin of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hamp-
shire in New England Esq having on the Thirty first Day of
May anno Domini one Thousand Seven Hundred & Sixty Six
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 303
made my Will and Testament of that Date & duplicated y^
Same one of which Duplicates I Deposited in the Custody of my
Brother in Law Cap* James Cum'in of London & in case of His
going abroad to be delivered over into the Custody of Mess"
Lanes & Frazer Merch*^ in London — the other Duplycate is
executed on this Sheet of Paper which Said Will & Testament I
have & hereby do ratify & Confirm but notwithstanding Subject
to the following amendments & alterations in this my Codicil
hereafter mentioned which I hereby will & determine shall be
deemed & taken to be an appendage & Part of my aforesaid Will
& Testament and is as follows (V^iz) Whereas the Legacys in my
s"^ Will & Testament mentioned as given & bequeathed to my
Sons Andrew Nevin, James Nevin, & my Daughter Mary Nevin,
& their Heirs &c being Two third Parts of my Estate & which
Legacys was by Said Will to be paid when the Legatees should
respectively arrive at the Age of Twenty one Years &c but no
Provision is in s'^ Bequests how the Interest that may in the
mean Time arise & be recievd till the said Legaties shall respec-
tively arrive at the age of Twenty one Years as aforesaid & so
recieve their Legacys in ChiefTe, which may occasion some Dis-
pute in and about the s'^ Legacys to prevent which I Do hereby
determine bequeath & order that all such Interest money as
may be recievd as, or for, the Interest of the s^ Two third Parts
of my Estate so given to my Said Sons & Daughter be by my
Executors from Time to Time as the Same shall be by them re-
ceivd (as afore Said) Paid to thier Mother Isabella to Enable
her the better to support & Educate the said Legatees & Induce
& maintain a due & Dutifull Dependence & Decorum of Be-
haviour from the s*^ Legatees to thier s*^ mother — and further-
more my will is & I hereby give & bequeath to m'' John Marsh
my Present Clerk the Sum of Fifteen Guinias for his faithfull
behaviour during his apprentiship & as a Token for the Value
& Esteem I have for him.
In Wittness whereof I the Said James Nevin have hereunto
Set my hand & Seal to this my Codicil above this Twenty Second
304 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Day of January in the Year of our Lord Christ one thousand
Seven Hundred & Sixty Nine
Ja^ Nevin
[Witnesses] Rob* Traill, Leverett Hubbard, John Libbey.
[Proved Feb. 13, 1769.]
[Inventory, Feb. 21, 1769; amount, £641. 7. ii; signed by
Jonathan Warner and Leverett Hubbard.]
[Bond of Samuel Stone, gentleman, with Nathaniel Goss,
gentleman, and John Strobridge as sureties, all of Claremont,
in the sum of $2000, Feb. 4, 1797, for the administration de bonis
non of the estate; witnesses, Silvanus Redfield, Zina Redfield.]
[Petition of the administrator, April 1 1 , 1798, for license to sell
real estate; granted.]
[Inventory, April 11, 1798; lands in Acworth, Lempster, New
Grantham, Piermont, Haverhill, Lancaster, and Canaan, N. H.,
and in Pownal, Windsor, Woodstock, Hartford, Stockbridge,
Manchester, Rupert, Hardwick, Bridport, Lemington, Brad-
ford, ^Middlesex, Ferrisburg, Woodbury, Pocock, Dryden,
Waterbury, Worcester, Draper, St. Albans, Ryegate, Peacham,
New Stamford, and Dunbar, Vt., $2525.00; signed by Simeon
Ladd, Benjamin Lamson, and Nathaniel Parker.]
RICHARD PHILPOT 1766 SOMERSWORTH
[Administration on the estate of Richard Philpot of Somers-
worth, yeoman, granted to Mercy Philpot June 2, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 249.]
[Bond of ?klercy Philpot, widow, with James Garvin, trader,
and James Hobbs, Jr., as sureties, all of Somersworth, in the sum
of £500, June 2, 1766, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, George Aleserve, Richard Wibird Penhallow.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 305
[Warrant, June 2, 1766, authorizing John Wentworth and
Moses Carr, physician, both of Somersworth, to appraise the es-
tate.]
[Inventory, signed by John Wentworth and Moses Carr;
amount, £23,697. 16. 4; attested Sept. 24, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 285.]
JAMES PICKERING 1766 NEWINGTON
In the Name of God amen the Six Day of June in the year of
our Lord 1766 I James Pickerin of Newington in the Province
of New Hampshire Gentleman being Aged and Weak in Body
* * *
Imprimis I will and order that all my just Debts and funeral
Charges be paid out of my Estate in Convenient time after my
Decease by my Son Winthrop Pickrein
Item: I Give and Devise unto my Son John Pickrin his heirs
and assigns for Ever (over and above what I have already given
him) the Sum of Twenty five Pounds Lawfull money to be Paid
by my Son Winthrop Pickerin within five years after my De-
cease out of my Estate
Item : I Give and Devise unto My Son Anthony Pickerin his
heirs and assigns forever Two acres of Land that I Purchased of
madam wintworth with the Barn thereon or near the Same
Land that I Convayed by Deed to my Son Thomas Pickrin
also I Give my Said Son Anthony his heirs and assigns the Sum
of five Pounds Lawfull money To be Paid by my Son Thomas
Pickrin within five years after My Decease, out of my Estate
Item I Give and Devise unto my Son thomas Pickrein his
heirs and assigns forever forty Eight acres of that Land I Pur-
chased of madam Wentworth Situate in Newington aforesaid
Near my Dwelling house he my Said Son Thomas Paying five
Pounds unto my son anthony as aforesaid —
Item: I give unto my Daughter Abigail Adams the wife of
306 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Benjamin Adams her heirs and Assigns for Ever the Sum of
Fifteen Pounds Lawful money to be Paid by my Son Winthrop
Pickrein within five years after my Decease
Item: I Give and Devise unto my Son Winthrop Pickxein
his heirs and assigns forever All that Tract of Land where I now
Live Scituate in Newington afore Said Containing About one
Hundred and Sixty acres which was Conveyed to me the Said
James Pickerin by my father Thomas Pickerin Late of Newing-
ton aforesaid Deceased I also Give and Devise unto my Said
Son Winthrop Pickerin and his assigns the Dwelling House and
Barns with all the Buildings on Said Land with all the Profits
Priviliges and appurtenances There of Also I Give and Devise
unto my said son Winthrop Pickerin All the rest of my Estate
both real and Personal wheresoever the Same may be found (that
is not in this my Last Will and Testament otherwise Dispos'd
of) to him my Said Son Winthrop Pickrein his heirs and assigns
for Ever he my Said Son winthrop Pickrein Paying my Debts
and funeral Charges and Legacies Mentioned in this my Will
out there of and I the Said James Pickrein Do hereby Constitute
Make and Ordain my Son Thomas Pickrein of Newington in
New Hampshire afore Said joyner and my Son Winthrop Pick-
rein of Newington aforesaid Gen* Executors of this my last Will
and Testament In Testimony whereof I have Set my hand and
Seal Hereunto the Day and year first above written
James Pickerin
[Witnesses] John Hight, John Fabyan, Benjamin Colbroth.
[Proved Aug. 31, 1768.]
[Bond of Winthrop Pickering, with Benjamin Colbath and
Samuel Fabyan as sureties, all of Newington, in the sum of
£1000, Aug. 31, 1768, for the execution of the will; witness,
Samuel Hale.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 307
KATHARINE DEAN 1766 EXETER
In the Name of God Amen I Katharine Dean of Exeter in the
Province of New Hamp"^ wife of Docf^ Tho^ Dean being Dis-
order'd in Body * * *
Item I give & Devise to my Son Thomas odiorne all my land
at little harbour So called which is the share that fell to me out of
my fathers Jn° Sherburnes Estate, also one Share in the House
at Portsm" which was my former husbands & fell to me by the
Death of one of my Sons also one Bed one bolster & two pillars
which are in my house at Exeter with the bedstead & Curtain
rods & one new tow Sheet & one Iron pot which he has —
Item I give Devise & bequeath to Eben"" Odiorne my Son One
Share in the House at Portsm° which was my former husbands
& fell to me by the Death of one of my Sons also one bed & one
p"" large andirons one pot & pair tongs which he has.
Item I give & Devise to my Daughter Mary Akerman my
brown Sattin gown & my black bombazeen Suit also my Riding-
hood & Curtains & one Shift one China bowl large & one Small
Ditto with the bed & beding, looking Glass & Sundries which
she has
Item I give & Devise to my Daughter Elizabeth Odiorne my
black Padusoy Suit & my Green Damask gown one white Quilt
two pair linen pillow Casses one Rugg one pair new tow Sheets
one pair flat Irons one box Iron one pair brass Candlesticks one
looking Glass four puter Dishes one Doz puter plates one large
brass kittle one tea Kittle one large China bowl one Small Ditto
two Check aprons one green Quilted Coat one black Callimanco
Coat one holland apron one Shift two tables & all my Chairs five
Silver tea Spoons one pair Small andirons one Shovel & pair
tongs & my Muff & Stays & a trunk
Item I give & Devise to my Sister Randall my purple and
white China Gown my black Shalloon Quilted coat my red
Coat & one Check apron
Item I give & Devise to Sarah Odiorne the wife of my Son
Eben'' my Gold buttons & Silk mittens
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Item I give & Devise to Sally odiorne the Daughter of my Son
Eben'' one Lawn apron
Item I give & Devise to Deborah Odiorne the Daughter of
my Son Thomas one red & white China Gown & my Capuchean
Item I give & Devise to Joanna Odiorne Wife of my Son
Thomas my Bunnet
Lastly all the rest & remainder of my Estate I give to Thomas
& Eben'' Odiorne & Do hereby Constitute & appoint them my
two Sons to be my Executors of this my last Will & testament &
I hereby revoke all other Wills by me in any manner heretofore
made In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal
the 27*^ Day of June 1766
Kattharine Dean
[Witnesses] Joseph Moulton, William Fullerton, Joseph INIoul-
ton jun^
[Proved July 29, 1766, Major Thomas Dean signing his con-
sent, witnesses, John Rice, Peter Coffin, James Thurston.]
JOSEPH DEARBORN 1766 NORTH HAMPTON
In the Name of God, Amen, I Joseph Dearborn of North
Hampton in the Province of New-Hampshire Yeoman: Being
weak in Body * * *
Item, I give and bequeath to anna my beloved Wife, the Use
& Improvement of my dwelling House during her natural Life
and all my household Goods & wearing x\pparel and Maid
Servant, I give to my Said Wife to be at her Disposal and my rid-
ing Chair and Horse: I also give her twenty Bushels of Corn,
three Bushels of Malt, The L^se of two good Cows and Six Sheep,
One Hundred Weight of good Pork, One hundred weight of good
Beef, three Barrels of good Cyder, four Gallons of good west
India Rum, Six Gallons of Molasses, one Hundred weight of
good Flour, One hundred weight of good brown Sugar four
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 309
Pounds of good Bohea Tea, Ten Pounds of good Cotton Wool,
Thirty Pounds of good Flax ready for the Comb, and Twelve
Cords of good Wood ready Cut fit for the fire & brought to her
Door and Shoes Sufificient for her & Servant aforesaid : All the
above Articles to be performed and done yearly and Every Year,
during the Said Anna's Natural Life and delivered to her by my
Son Reuben Gove Dearborn or his Assigns. Item, I give and
Devise to my Son Levi Dearborn, his Heirs and Assigns for Ever,
The One half of an Eighty Acre Lott of Land in Chester in Said
Province which Same Land I bought of Capt: Nath' Drake; I
having already Given the Said Levi what else I design'd for his
Portion. Item, I give and bequeath unto my grand Daughter
Sarah, the Daughter of my Son Levi, One Cow and two Sheep,
(in Case She lives to be married or to the Age of twenty One
Years) if not. The Same to go to My Executors herein named.
Item I give and bequeath unto my grand Daughter Ruth,
Daughter of my Son Benjamin Dearborn Deceas'd, (in Case She
the Said Ruth shall live to be married or to the Age of twenty
One Years) twenty Pounds Lawful money of Said Province, if
She shall die before either her Age of twenty One or marriage,
then the Same to remain with my Executors. Item, I give and
Bequeathe to my Grand Son Benjamin Dearborn Fifty Pounds
lawful money which shall be applied and Expended by my Ex-
ecutors, towards Building an House for my Said Grand Son at
Portsmouth in Said Province within two Years after my Decease,
if the Same Sum is not advanced in manner afores^ then to be
paid the said Benjamin within Said Time in money. Item I give
and bequeath to my grand Daughter Anna Haniford, Daughter
of Said Son Reuben Gove, and to her Executors and Adminis-
trators, One good Cow and Two Sheep within Two Years after
my Decease to be Deliver'd her or her Assigns by my Executors.
Item. I give and Devise to my grand Son Simeon Dearborn,
Son of my Son Simeon Dearborn, to him, his Heirs and ^Assigns
for Ever; a fifty Acre Lott of Land Situate in Chichester in Said
Province Being N° One hundred & fourteen, in the Second Divi-
3IO NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
slon, on the East Side of Suncook River Adjoining to Epsom: I
also give & Bequeathe to my Said grand Son Simeon One good
Cow and two Sheep to be delivered within two Years after my
Decease by my Executors. Item, I give and Devise to my grand
Son Reuben Gove Dearborn, Son of my Son Reuben Gove,
afores'^ All my Buildings and all the Land that I bought of my
Son Reuben Gove and also about Ten Acres adjoining to the
Said Land, all within the following Boundaries be it more or less
Viz* Beginning at Marston's Land and running twenty rods
westerly by the abovesaid Land, and from thence to a Small
red Oak, on the North Side of the old Meadow, Said Oak being a
Boundary of the Land I give to my Son Simeon, thence running
Easterly by the Meadow fence as it now Stands about forty one
rods to a small Elm mark'd then South forty Seven Degrees
East to Said Marston's; then by Said Marston's to the first
mention'd Bounds; To him My Said Grand Son, his Heirs and
Assigns for Ever.
Item, I give and Devise unto my Son Simeon Dearborn, his
Heirs and Assigns for Ever All that Part of my Home farm, that
is contained within the following Bounds Yiz^ Beginning at
William Haine's Land and running by Said Hains's Land untill
it comes to Land I Sold to Daniel Meloon, then by Said Me-
loon's Land till it comes to David Jewell's Land, then South
about Sixty Nine Degrees East twenty five Rods to a rock Maple
Tree marked, then South about twenty four Degrees and an half
west Thirty two Rods to a hemlock Tree mark'd then South
about forty Six Degrees and an half East twenty One Rods to a
Pine Stump in the fence ; the South about Eighteen Degrees East
thirty five Rods to a small red Oak mark'd by my old Meadow
(so Called), Then Easterly by Said Meadow as the Fence now
Stands about Forty one Rods to a small Elm marked, then
South forty Seven Degrees East to Marston's Land, then by
Marston's Land untill it comes to Said Simeon's Land, then by
Said Simeon's untill it comes to the Said William Hains's Land:
Likewise two Acres of Salt Marsh Situate in Hampton in Said
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 3II
Province, That I Bought of Thomas Marston ; Beginning at the
river and running So far Southward, the whole Wedth of Said
Marsh, So as to Contain two Acres To him the Said Simeon, his
Heirs and Assigns for Ever. I also give and bequeathe to him
the said Simeon his Heirs and Assigns my Clock —
Atem, I give. Bequeath And Devise to my Son Reuben Gove
Dearborn his Heirs and Assigns for Ever, All the rest and residue
of my Home Farm, which I have not already Disposed of and
also all the remainder of the Salt Marsh in Said Hampton which
I had of Said Marston, I give to the Said Reuben Gove, his
Heirs and Assigns for Ever.
Item, I give and Bequeathe to my Said Two Sons Reuben
Gove & Simeon Dearborn All my stock of Cattle, Sheep and
Swine, together with all my Bonds Notes and Money and All
my Implements of Husbandry, And if there be any of my Lands
not mentioned in this my last Will and not Disposed of at my
Death, my will is that they shall be Equally Divided between
my Three Sons Levi, Reuben Gove & Simeon and my Grand Son
Benjamin the son of my Son Benjamin Deceas'd, between them
& their Heirs and Assigns, for Ever — Item, I give and Devise to
my two Grand Sons Levi & Simeon afores'* their Heirs and As-
signs for Ever, All the undivided Lands I own in said Chichester
to be Equally Divided between them and their Heirs —
Item, I give. Bequeathe & Devise to my Grand Son Levi
Dearborn, my Son Levi's Son, a fifty Acre Lott of Land In Chi-
chester aforesaid, being Lott N° forty, in the Second Division,
the westerly Side of Suncook-river, To him the Said Levi, his
Heirs and Assigns for Ever.
Item, I give and bequeathe to the Church of Christ in Said
North Hampton Five Pounds Lawful money, to purchase Silver
Vessels for Said Church, to be paid by my Executors within
three Years after my Death —
Lastly I Do hereby constitute & appoint my two Sons Reuben
Gove & Simeon Joint Executors of this my last Will & Testa-
ment, here by Ordering them to pay my Debts Funeral Charges
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and Legacies here In bequeathed (not otherwise order'd) Equally
between them, out of the Portions given them, and I order my
Son Reuben Gove to pay, do and perform to my Said Wife all
the Provisions and Bequests herein before given, as above Speci-
fied — And I do hereby revoke and disannul all former Wills &
Testaments by me made, ratifying & Confirming this & no
other, to be my last Will and Testament in Witness whereof I
have hereunto set my hand & Seal the Thirtieth Day of June
Anno Domini One Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Six
And the sixth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord,
George the third, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland,
Defender of the Faith &c —
Joseph Dearborn
[Witnesses] Benjamin Marston Juner, Willem Norton Jun'',
John Pickering.
[Proved Feb. 24, 1768.]
[Bond of Simeon Dearborn and Reuben Gove Dearborn, both
of North Hampton, gentlemen, with William Norton of Green-
land and Benjamin Marston, Jr., of North Hampton, yeomen,
as sureties, in the sum of £500, Feb. 23, 1768, for the execution
of the will ; witnesses, Jeremiah Moulton, Robert Parks.]
FRANCIS SMITH 1766 SALEM
[Administration on the estate of the estate of Francis Smith
of Salem, yeoman, granted to Margaret Smith July 7, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 259.]
[Bond of Margaret Smith, widow, with Joseph Wright and
William Smith, yeoman, as sureties, all of Salem, in the sum of
£500, July 7, 1766, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
John Moreland, William Thorn, Jr.]
[Inventory, July 24, 1766; amount, £241. 12. 4; signed by
Samuel Morrison and John Moreland.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 313
[Warrant, Jan. 21, 1773, authorizing Joseph Wright, John
Bradford, WilHam Thorn, yeomen, all of Salem, James Betton,
and Samuel Morrison, gentleman, both of Windham, to divide
the real estate.]
Province of ] Selham March 27'^ 1773
New hampshire > Pursuant to a warrant to us Directed By
Rockingham ss J the Hon'^' John Wentworth Esq'' Judge of
Probate of wills for Said County Impowering us to make a Divi-
sion of the Estate of Francis Smith Late of Said Selham Deceas*^
the said Estate is Divided by meets and Bounds as foUow's —
The Bounds of Will"" Smiths Part the oldest son is Beginning
at a stake on the line of Londonderry then E: S: E: 35 rods to
a stake and stones then North 68 rods to a stake by the road then
west 12 rods to a stake then N B W 41 rods to a small white oak
Tree then north about 50 rods to the line of the Rev^ David Mac-
gregors land then west 14 rods to a birch marked then South by
the line of WilW Thorns land to the Bounds first Mentioned
Containing about 23 acres — also one Divid of the meadow Be-
gining at a Popler Tree at the Bounds of Will"" Thoms meadow
then westerly about 12 rods to a stake then north acrose said
meadow to the upland then by the upland to the Bounds of said
Will"" Thoms meadow then by said Thoms meadow to the
Bounds first Mentioned
The Bounds of The Widow Smiths Dower of said Estate is as
follows Beginning at a stake then East 10 rods to a stake then
north 7 rods to a stake By the road then N N E 80 rods to the
line of the Rev^ David Macgregors land then west By said line
to a north and South line which Divids the said Widows thirds
and the above Will"" Smiths Part of the Said Estate then by
said Will" Smiths line 50 rods to a white oak tree mark^ then
S B E 41 rods to the Bounds first mentioned Containing about
24 acres — also the Easterly part of the Dwelling House (viz)
the East part of the Celler Lower room and Chamber with the
third part of the Barn —
The Bounds of Solomon Smiths part (the second son) is as
314 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
follows (viz) Begins at a stake and Stones at the road then
N N E by the line of the above said Widows thirds 90 rods to
the line of the Rev^ David Macgregors land then East by said
line 25 rods then South 24 Deg^ west 90 rods to a stake at the
road then By said road to the Bounds first mentioned Contain-
ing about 12 acres — also one Divid of the meadow (viz) the
westerly part of the same Begining at a stake at the south
Side of said meadow then westerly by said meadow I4>^ rods
to a stake at the upper End of said meadow then north across
said ]\Ieadow to the upland then by the upland 14^^ rods then
south to the Bounds first mentioned —
The Bounds of Agness Smiths part of said Estate is as follows
Beginning at a stake at the road then north 24 Deg^ East 95
rods Bounding on Solomon Smiths part of Said Estate to the
line of the Rev^ David Macgregores land then East 24 rods by
Said line then South 29 Deg^ East to a stake at the road then By
the Said road to the Bound first mentioned — also one Divid
of the Meadow (viz) the Divid that lyes East of Solomon Smiths
part of Said Meadow Begins at a meaple at the south side of
Said meadow then westerly 9>^ rods to a Stake the Bounds of
said Solomon Smiths part of Said meadow then north across
said Meadow to the upland then by the upland 9>^ rods to a
stake then South to the Bounds first mentioned.
The Bounds of Margaret Smiths part of said Estate is as
folows Beginning at a stake at the road then north 29 Deg^
East 96 rods Bounding on Agness Smiths part of said Estate to
the line of the Rev^ David Macgregors land then East by Said
line 23 rods to a stake then South 42 Deg^ west 100 rods to a
stake at the road then By Said road to the Bounds first men-
tioned Containing about 12 acres also one Divid of the meadow
Begins at a meaple at the South Side of said Meadow then west-
erly 18 rods to a meaple the Corner of Agness Smiths part of
said meadow then north across S"* meadow to the upland then
Easterly by the upland 18 rods to a stake then South to the
Bounds first mentioned —
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 315
Frances Smiths part of said Estate Begins at a stake at the
road then north 42 Deg^ East 104 rods Bounding on Margrat
Smiths part of Said Estate to the Hne of the Rev* David Mac-
gregors land then East By Said Hne to M' Heans land so Called
then south to a stake at the South Side of Will"" Thorns meadow
then about west to a stake the Corner of M'' Hardys land then
South west to the road then by Said Road to the Bounds first
mentioned Containing about 20 acres Reserving to the Widow
Smith a priviledge of the wood of four acres of this part if She
Stands in need of it at the north side of the meadow and the
East part of Said Division — also one Divid of the meadow
Beginning at a stake at the south Side of said Meadow then west
16 rods to a meaple the Corner of Margret Smith part of said
Meadow then north across Said Meadow to the upland then by
the upland Easterly to the line of Will"" Smiths part of Said
meadow then South to the Bounds first mentioned
Whereas the Westerly part of the House would not admite of a
Division the oldest son Will™ Smith is to have the Whole together
with the Black Smiths Shop he paying to the other Heirs Seven
Pounds four Shillings Law' money — Likewise the Barn Exclusive
of the widows third is to be Held in Common with the Priviledges
of the Same Given under our Hands the Day & year afores'*
Sam' M orison
Will"" Thom s<=<*
James Betton
[Petition of Francis Smith, Dec. 18, 181 1, for administration
de bonis non, he being the second son, his oldest brother refusing,
and the widow being lately deceased.]
[Bond of Francis Smith of Salem, yeoman, with William Smith
of Windham, yeoman, and John Morrison of Londonderry as
sureties, in the sum of .^3000, Dec. 18, 181 1, for the administra-
tion of the estate; witness, John J. Parker.]
[Inventory, April 14, 1812; amount, .^202. 83; signed by
Elisha Woodbury and Joseph Thom.]
3l6 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Petition of Francis Smith, April 15, 18 12, for the appoint-
ment of WilHam Thorn, EHsha Woodbury, and William Clough
as commissioners in insolvency.]
JONATHAN PULSIFER 1766 BRENTWOOD
In the Name of God Amen I Jonathan Pulcifer of Brentwood
in ye Province of New Hampshire in New England Cordwainer,
being weak of Body * * *
Item I give and bequeath to my well Beloved wife Susannah
Pulcifer the Use and Improvement of my homestead and also y*
use and Improvement of all my Stock of Cattle Sheep and Swine
and all other my moveables In doors and out So long as She re-
mains my widow —
Item I give and bequeath to my beloved Son Samuel Pulcifer
all my Lands in Dearfield in y« Township of Notingham to him
his heirs and assigns forever, he paying those Legacies y* I Shall
order in this my Last will and Testament
Item I Give and bequeath to my well beloved Daughter,
Hanah Pulcifer the Sum of Five Pounds Lawfull money to be
paid in Such Species as shall best Suit her, by my son Samuel
Pulcifer in five Years after my Decease —
Item I Give and bequeath to my well Beloved Daughter
Elisabeth Cram the sum of Two Pounds ten shillings Lawfull
money to be paid by my Son Samuel Pulcifer in Six Years after
my Decease in Such Species as shall best Suit her
Item I give and Bequeath to my Beloved Daughter mary
Pulcifer, y« Sum of Five Pounds Lawfull money to be Paid by
my Son Samuel Pulcifer in Such Species as will best Suit her, in
two Years after my Decease I also give her a prevelege in my
house and Cellar So long as she remains Unmaried
Item I give and Bequeath to my Granson Jonathan Bachelder
y* sum of Twenty Shillings Lawfull money to be paid him in
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 317
Species by my son Samuel Pulcifer when he arives at y° full age
of Twenty one Years
Item I give and Bequeath to my three Daughters (Viz) Hanah
Pulcifer Elizabeth Cram, and mary Pulcifer, after y^ IJecease or
Second marriage of My wife aforesd all my Indoor moveables to
be Equally Divided betwen them
Item I give and bequeath to my beloved Son Benjamin Pulcifer
his heirs & assigns forever, after y Decease or Second marriage
of my wife afore^'^ all my lands in Brentwood, with Buildings on
y Same, and als all my out Door moveables, and what Stock of
Cattle Sheep Swine or Horses my wife Shall leave at her Decease
or Second marriage
Finally I Do hereby Constitute and appoint my well Beloved
Wife Susanah Pulcifer to be Sole Executrix of this my Last Will
& Testament: In Witness whereof I Do hereunto Set my hand
and Seal This Twelfth Day of July anno Domini 1766 and in y"
Sixth Year of his Majestys Reign
his
Jonathan X Pulcifer
mark
[Witnesses] Nathanael Trask, Stehen Buter, James Gooden.
[Proved Aug. 18, 1766.]
[Inventory, Nov. 24, 1766; amount, £158. 17. 6; signed by
Stephen Butler and James Gooding.]
SARAH ORDWAY 1766 SOUTH HAMPTON
In The Name of God Amen. I Sarah Ordway of South-
Hampton in the Province of New-Hampshire in New England
the Wife of John Ordway Cordwainer being under Bodily weak-
ness * * *
Imprimis. My Will is that all my just Debts and Funeral
Chargs and the Legacies Contained in this my Will be Paid by
the Persons hereafter named as Shall be allotted to them, That is
31 8 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
to Say my son Richard and James Carr Shall Pay one Quarter
Part of my Funeral Charges out of the Land which I Shall here-
after give and bequeath to them in this my Will and the other
Three Quarters of my Funeral Charges be Paid by my Five
Daughters hereafter named out of my Personal Estate, And the
Debts and Legacies also be Paid out of my Personal Estate by
my Executors hereafter named my Will also is that if any of my
Daughters hereafter named Refuse to Pay their Proportion of the
Debts or Funeral Charges that the Executors hereafter named
Shall have Liberty to Pay them out of my Personel Estate
Secondly. I Give all that Land which I bought of my
Brother in law Ebenezer Kimball and Elisabeth his wife and also
all that Land which I bought of my Brother in law John Carr
and Elisabeth his wife all which Land is Situate lying and being
in the Town Ship of Salisbury in the County of Essex and Prov-
ince of the ?^Iassachusetts Bay in new England this I Give to my
Sons and Daughters to be Divided between them In the Follow-
ing manner : (viz) My Will is that one acre an A Halfe be Set off
to my son James Carr to be Equal in Quality with the Rest and
one halfe of my Great stilyards to be for him his heirs and As-
signs for Ever, and the Remainder of my lands to be Equally
Divided between him and my other Children that is to Say I
Give To my Son Richard Carr one Seventh Part and the other
halfe of my Great stilyards. I Give to my Daughter Sarah the
Wife of Joshua French one Seventh Part and to my Daughter
Judith Hoyt Widow one Seventh Part, and to my Daughter
Elisabeth the Wife of Loot Colby one Seventh Part, and to my
Daughter Rebecca Ordway Widow one Seventh Part, and to my
Daughter Mary the Wife of Jonathan Straw one Seventh Part,
this I Give to them their Heirs and Assigns for Ever.
Thirdly. I Do Now Give all the Rest of my Estate all my
Wearing Clothes and all my Linen my Bills Bonds Notes of
Hand Household Stuf all my Stock and all my Estate of What
Name or Nature So Ever to be Equally Divided between my
Five Daughters above mentioned that is to Say between my
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 319
Daughters Sarah French Judith Hoyt Elisabeth Colby Rebecca
ordway Mary Straw this I Give to them their Heirs and Assigns
for Ever ; Except one Seventh Part of the above said lands Which
I Shall hereafter Give to my Son James Carr and one Sixth Part
of my Bills Bonds and Notes of Hand if He Takes up to be my
Executor and Twelve Shillings Lawfull money which I Shall
hereafter Give to Dorothy the Wife of Jacob Mirick and Daugh-
ter of my Former Husband Richard Carr
Fourthly I Give unto Dorothy the Wife of Jacob Mirick the
Daughter of my Former Husband Richard Carr Twelve Shillings
Lawfull money to be Paid by my Son James Carr out of my
Personal Estate Within Six months after my Decease
Finally I Give unto my Son James Carr one Seventh Part
of my Lands in Salisbury besides what I have already Given him
Which Lands I Bought of my Brother Kimbel and Carr aforesaid
to be his his Heirs and Assigns for Ever and one Sixth Part of
my Bills and Bonds and Notes of Hand if he takes up to be one
of my Executors, W^hom with my Son in Law Joshua French I
Do make Ordain and Constitute to be my Executors of this my
last Will and Testament and Do hereby Revoke and make void
all other and Former Will and Wills by me made or Declared and
Do Ratifie and Confirm this and this only to be my Last Will and
Testament
In Witness whereof I the Said Sarah Ordway with my Husband
John Ordway have Here un to Set our Hands and Seals this
Eightenth Day of July Annoq Domini One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Sixty Six and In the Sixth year of the Reign of
George the Third King over Great Britain &c
Sarah ordway
John Ordway
[Witnesses] Rich'^ Collins, Parmenas Watson, Benjamin
Collins.
[Proved Feb. 25, 1767, and "Ordered to Lay till the Con-
tracts before IVIarriage Can be Produced & Proved by which she
was Authourized to make a will."]
320 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
This Indenture made Between John Ordwa of South Hampton
in the Province of new hampshire in New England on y^ one part
and Sarah Carr of SaHsbury in y^ County of Essex in the Province
of y^ Massachusetts Bay in New England widow on y^ other
Part wittnesseth That in Consideration of a marriage Intended
and shortly to be solemnized between the s'^ Parties and to pre-
vent any disputes that may hereafter arise about either of their
Estates respectively and to maintain a lasting friendship and
Unity between them and theirs on Each part It is Mutually
Covenanted and agreed Between y^ s*^ Parties in Man'^ and form
following vid* first that the s'^ John Ordwa doth by these p'"sents
Covent promise agree to and with y s^ Sarah Carr first that it
may and shall be lawfull for her to have hold Improve and dis-
pose of all such real estate which was her former husbands as she
shall see good during our wedlock for the benefit and advantage
of her children. 2^'^ That whatever personal estate in stock or
household goods the said Sarah shall see Good to bring to y" s<^
Jn° ordwa upon marriage upon the death of y s'^ Sarah Carr
shall be returned to her children in case y^ s"^ Sarah should hap-
pen to dye first Excepting what of it may be diminished by any
Extraordinary or providence 3'^'y that what additions may be
made in the household goods by them Joyntly during their wed-
lock shall be divided between their children that is to say one
half thereof to his the other half to her children after their decease
4^^ that In case y^ s<^ Jn° Ordwa should dye and leave y s^ Sarah
a widow she shall be allowed out of his Estate the use of Eight
Acres of land on y west side of his homstead butting on y road
ab* sixteen rods and one half of his dwelling house on y^ north
side and y*' privilidge of the yard & well for wood and water and
y^ Liberty of Cutting and Getting her firewood upon my farm
so long as she shall remain my widow and sees good to live there
But in Case she shall chuse to Go off the farm and live with any
of her own children or elswhere then she shall have ffifteen
pounds per Annum paid her yearly out of my Estate in bills of
cred* of y old tenor or Equivlent thereto so long as she remains
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 321
my widow in Leiu thereof and 5'^ that upon y" s*^ Jn° ordwa's
death the abovs*^ personal Estate shall be returned to her if she
survive him if not then to her children as before mentioned.
And secondly that y" s'^ Sarah Carr doth by these p-'sents
Covenant and promise to and with y s'* John Ordwa his heirs
Executors admin" and assigns That in Case should out live y° s^
Jn° ordwa she will not have Claim challenge or demand any right
of Dower or power of thirds of in or to y" Estate of y" s'^ Jn°
ordwa real or personal but be forever Excluded and debarred of
and from the same upon y performance of the abovementloned
articles on his part and behalf and for Confirmation of all and
singular y° abovementloned articles Coven*^ and agreem*" on
Each part to be performed we the said parties do by these p^'sents
bind and oblidge our selves and our respective heirs Execut" and
Admin" Unto M'' william Bradbury Esq'' his Execut" or ad-
min" as a third person or ffeoffee in trust to see to the faithfuU
performance of the same on Each part according to the true
meaning and Intent thereof wittness our hands and seals this
Eighth day of Decemb"" Anno Domini 1742
John ordway
Sarah Carr
signed sealed & delivered In presence of us
Caleb Cushing
William Parsons
[Attested at Oilman ton April i, 1767, by William Parsons.]
[Bond of James Carr of Salisbury, Mass., shipwright, and
Joshua French of Kingston, yeoman, with Andrew Greeley of
Kingston, yeoman, as surety, in the sum of £100, Feb. 25, 1767,
for the execution of the will; witnesses, Sarah Parker, William
I Parker, Jr.]
[Account of the executors; receipts, £116. 12. 10, personal
i estate; expenditures, £113. 6. 2; allowed Nov. 7, 1769.]
322 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
PAUL SMITH 1766 CHESTER
[Administration on the estate of Paul Smith of Chester, yeo-
man, granted to Love Smith July 30, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 261.]
[Bond of Love Smith, widow, with Silvanus Smith and Francis
Page of North Hampton, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of
£500, July 30, 1766, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker, William Vaughan.]
[Warrant, July 30, 1766, authorizing Samuel Roby, gentle-
man, and William White, yeoman, both of Chester, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Sept. 22, 1766; amount, £547. 8. 6;
signed by Samuel Roby and William W^hite.]
[Warrant, March 5, 1772, authorizing Samuel Emerson,
Samuel Roby, gentleman, John Underhill, gentleman, John
Roby, and Stephen JNIorse, husbandmen, all of Chester, to divide
the real estate held in common by Abigail Smith, minor, daugh-
ter of Paul Smith, and Huldah Smith, widow, daughter of Sil-
vanus Smith of Chester, gentleman, deceased.]
Rockingham ss We the Subscribers being Authorised and
appoynted By the Honb' Judge of Probate for said county to
make a Division or Pertition of the Reall Estate of Abigail
Smith a minor Daughter of Paul Smith of Chester Deceased and
Huldy Smith Daughter of Silvanus Smith of Chester Deceased
she also being a minor: accordingly we have Don it in the fol-
lowing mannor (viz) first in the homesteed : we set of to Abigail
Smith Daughter of the said Paul Smith on the Easterly side of
the High way where the House now stands about thirty five
acres of Land: Bounded as followeth: first at the norwesterly
corner at a stake and stones standing in the corner Ey the High
way Leading towards m'" Wilsons: then Runing South west by
the High way Leading towards Londonderry forty Rods to a
stake and stones: then South East Seven Rods to a stake and
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 323
stones: then south west ten Rods to a stake and stones: then
South East to a stake and stones at the High way standing
Exactly in the midle of the three home Lots : then north East by
said High way about thirty two Rods to a stake and stones at m""
Wilsons Land then by his Land nor west about one Hundred and
twenty six Rods to a stake and stones : then North East by said
m"" Wilsons Land about Twenty Rods to a stake and stones by
the High way and so by that about Forty Two Rods to the first
bound with about nineteen acres and a Halfe of Land more
Laying on the westerly side of the High way bounded first at
the north Easterly corner at a stake and stones by said High
way: then nor west by Grahams Lot so called one Hundred and
Seventy Eight Rods to a stake and stones then South west by
the High way Eighteen Rods and a quarter of a Rod to a stake
and stones: then South East the whole Length of the Lot to a
stake and stones by the High way Leading to Londonderry then
by that Northerly Eighteen Rods and a Quarter to the first
bound — Also we set of to her the said Abigail about thirty five
acres of Land Laying on the Northerly side of the aditionell Lot
N° 30 origenelly Laid out to the Right of Benj^ Smith Bounded
as followeth (viz) first at the small white pine tree marked by the
High way at the nor westerly End of the home Lots: then North
East by said High way about sixty four Rods to a stake and
stones : then nor west about fifty three Rods to a Hemlock tree
fallen Down: then westerly about forty Rods to a Large white
pine stump : and then Nor west about thirty six Rods to a white
oak tree marked: then south westerly by Henry halls Land
thirty Six Rods to a stake and stones : then streight to the first
bounds
Secondly We have Set of to Huldy Smith Daughter of the said
Silvanus Smith Now Deceased as followeth : in the homesteed on
the Easterly side of the High way adjoyning to John Sanborn
Dearbons Land about thirty acres and a half of Land Bounded
first at the south Easterly corner at a stake and stones by the
High way standing Exactly in the midle of the three home Lots :
324 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
then south west about thirty Two Rods to a stake and stones
by Dearbons Land : then Nor west by s'^ Dearbons Land to the
Highway Leading towards Londonderry: then North East by
said High way forty Rods to a stake and stones then south East
Seven Rods by Land set of to Abigail Smith to a stake and
stones: then south west ten Rods to a stake and stones: then
streight to the first bounds with about Twenty five acres more
Laying on the westerly side of the High way Bounded as fol-
loweth first at a stake and stones by the High way Leading to
Londonderry being the southerly bound of Land we have set
of to Abigail Smith then south west by said High way Twenty
one Rods and three Quarters of a Rod to a stake and stones by
John S^ Dearbons Land then Nor west by his Land 178 Rods to
a stake and stones by the High Way: then north East by said
High way Twenty Two Rods and three Quarters to a stake and
stones then by Land we set of to abigail Smith streight to the
first bound mentioned —
Also we set of to the said Huldy Smith about Twenty nine
acres and a Half of Land Laying on the southerly side of the
aditionall Lot N° 30 origenelly Laid out to the Right of Benjamin
Smith Bounded first at the southerly corner a white oak tree
marked Being an origenell Bound of said Lot then nor west by
the High way One Hundred and ten Rods to a stake and stones
then North easterly Bounding partely on Common Land and
partely on Henry Halls Land Forty Two Rods and a Half to a
stake and stones : then South East by Land we set of to Abigail
Smith about one Hundred and ten Rods to a Small white pine
tree marked : then South west by the High way forty two Rods
and a half to the white oake tree first mentioned and thus we
make our Return this Twenieth Day of July A:D: 1772
Sam^^ Emerson
Sam'^ Robie
John underhill
John Robie
Stephen morss
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 325
JOHN HUBBARD 1766 EPSOM
[Bond of Andrew McClary of Epsom, yeoman, with Richard
Jenness, 3d, of Rye and Nicholas Duda of Lee, yeoman, as
sureties, in the sum of £500, July 30, 1766, for the administration
of the estate of John Hubbard of Epsom, yeoman; witnesses,
William Parker, William Vaughan.]
[Inventory, attested Oct. 21, 1766; amount, £87. 12. 6; signed
by Ephraim Locke and John McClary.]
[List of claims against the estate, attested March 7, 1767;
amount, £165. 9. 2; signed by John McClary and Reuben
Sanborn.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £150. 9. 6; expendi-
tures, £40. 15. o; mentions a widow; allowed March 30, 1769.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £165. 9. 2; amount
distributed, £109. 14. 6; allowed June 27, 1771.]
RICHARD GREELEY 1766 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Richard Greeley of Ports-
mouth, hatter, granted to Josiah Clark July 30, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 261.]
[Bond of Josiah Clark of Greenland, joiner, with Eliphalet
Daniell of Portsmouth, gentleman, and Abraham Dearborn,
joiner, as sureties, in the sum of £500, July 30, 1766, for the
administration of the estate; witnesses, William Vaughan, Wil-
liam Parker.]
[Petition of Elizabeth Leach of Portsmouth, creditor, Jan. 6,
1773, for an account of the estate by the administrator.]
326 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
JOHN CHRISTIE 1766 WINDHAM
In the Name of god Amen — I John Cristy of Windham with
in the Province of Newhampshire in New England Gent^^man
Being Indisposed in Body * * *
Item my Will is y* my Dearly Beloved wife Marry Cristy
Shall have and enjoy the one third of my home Estate that is
Exclusief of my Late purchases : that is from Morgan and Smylie
and m"" Kinkead and s"^ third to be Given her off Eather Side
which Shee Shall Chouse for her use and Benefit Dureing her
Naturall Life : and also one Cow and what Beding and houshold
furnitur y* I had with her when we were Married and the third of
my Buldings to her Convenence —
Item my will is that my Son Moses Cristy shall have and En-
joy the whole of my afores*^ and Discribed home Estate with y*
which I had from Smylie Laying across the End of s^ home Estate
South Easterly to William Woodberrys Land and the one half of
my houshold furniture Exclusief of what is my wifes : and the one
half of all my farming Utentials and all my wearring apperrall
and the one half of the Remaining part of my Stock —
Item my Will is y* my Son Mosess part of the Stock and farm-
ing utentials and all my wearring apperrall may be Sold and y^
money put to Intrest for the upbringing and Educating of him —
Item my will is that my Exacutors take Care that my Children
be Decently brought up and Cristianly Educated if god Shall
Spar them to be good English Seolors to Read write and Scipher
well —
Item my will is that my Son in Law John Morrow & Elizebath
Morrow his wife Shall have and Enjoy the whole of y* part of my
Estate I Bought of the Rev°<^ m'' John kinkead and Likewise
a part of what I Bought of William Smylie Bounded as followeth
Beginning at the South East Corner of y* Lott which was m''
Kinkeads on the Line of my home Lott thence Keeping y* Line
Runing South East to the Southerly End of my New fild of
Brush Riye thence Running South wast to Allexander Ritchys
Land thence North wast to James Gillmors Land thence North
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 327
East to a Stake and Stones which is the Corner of that which was
m"^ Kinkeads — and also the other half of the Remaining part of
my Stocke: and the other half of my farming Utentials: and
Likewise the Remaining half of all my houshold furnitur for thire
use and Benefite —
Item my will is if my Beloved wife be with Child & is De-
livered of a Liveing Child and the Same Should Live untill he or
Shee arive to age the Same him or her Shall have and Enjoy the
whold of y* part of my Estate I Bought of Mourgan and Likewise
what I Bought of William Smylie Exclusief of what I have al-
ready Bequeathed to my Son Moses and Son Morrow and my
Daughter Elizebath his wife Shall be fer the use and Benefite of
the afores'^ Child
Item my will is if the Same Should Die Before it arive to age
them my Son Moses and John Morrow and Elizebath his wife
Shall have its part Equally Devided Each of them an Equall
Share of the Same and then my Son Morrow Shall Give my wife
a New Gown to her pleasement and if my Son Moses Should Die
before he arive to full age and the afore Said Child Should Live
and arive to age then the Same: and my Son Morrow and Elize-
bath his wife Shall have Each of them an Equaell Share of my
Son Moses part of my Estate But if the afores*^ Child and my
Son Moses Should Bouth be Removed by Death before they
arive to full age then my Son Morrow and Elizebath his wife
Shall have and Enjoy Bouth their Shares of my Estate and my
Son John Morrow Shall then give to my wife if aLive the Sume
of twenty five pound Lawfull money
Item my Will is that my Crops or the produce of my Estate
this present year Shall be Sold By my Exacutors as Soon as they
judg it Conveniant and the money put to Intrest for the Benifite
of the afore s"^ Child my wife may be with and up Bringing of the
Same: Except So much as Shall be judgd by my Exacutors Suf-
fitiant for the maintainance of my wife and family for the present
year But if s*^ Child Should Die Before it Com to age or the
money Expended on s** Child then y° Same Shall be for the use
328 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
and Benlfite of my Son Moses and if he Should Die Before he
Com to age then the Same Shall be for the use and Benifite of my
Son jhon Morrow and Elizebath his Wife
Item my Will is y* if John Mael Vain Shall Serve out his time
faithfully till he arive to full age then ther Shall be paid him by
my Exacutors the Sum of five pound Lawfull out of my Estate —
and I Do hereby Constitute Nominate and appoint my Son
John Morrow of Litchfield and Sam^^ Morison of Windham my
Exacutors of this my Last Will and Testament Ratifying and
Confirming this and No other to be my Last will & testament : in
Witness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand and Seal this
tenth Day of August & in the Sixth year of his Majesties Reign
anno Domi 1766
John Cristy
[Witnesses] David Smiley, John morison, Samuel Morrison.
[Proved Jan. 15, 1767.]
[Inventory, June 16, 1767; amount, £997. 18. 7; signed by
Gain Armour and James Gilmore; attested by Samuel Morrison,
surviving executor.]
[Guardianship of Moses Christie, aged less than 14 years, son
of John Christie, granted to Samuel Barr June 20, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 460.]
[Bond of Samuel Barr, with William Vance and David Craige,
husbandmen, as sureties, all of Londonderry, in the sum of £100,
June 20, 1767, for the guardianship of Moses Christie; witnesses,
Ebenezer Champney, S. Livermore.]
[Warrant, March 29, 1769, authorizing Samuel Allison of
Londonderry, Gain Armour, and James Gilmore, both of Wind-
ham, yeomen, to divide the real estate between Elizabeth, now
wife of David Smiley, and the son, Moses Christie.]
Province of 1 To the Honorable John Wentworth Esq'
Newhampshire / Judg of the probet of wills in and for Said
Province Greeting —
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 329
In obidiance to your warant to us Defected Bering deat
march y« 29*'' 1769 to Devide the Real Estate of John Cristey
Leat of Windham Decaced —
We Have Sat of one third part of said Estate to EHz*^ Smily or
David Smily in hir Right and to Moses Cristy a Son of the De-
caced two thirds of said Estate in manor folloing to the said
EHz*^ or David Smily in hir Right one Certain peace of Land
Containing one acre be it mor or Lese wher on the Hous of the
Deceaced stands begining at a stake standing on the Line of a
Lot of Land formerly Rob* Wiear's Land to the south of said
hous thence Runing five Roads and two thrd of a Road wastrly to
a stak and stons and bounding on the highway thence Runing
north thirty Eight Degrees west untill it Com to the Line of the
afors'* wiears Lote allso another peace of Land Lying at the south
End of the aforesaid Wiears Lote begining at a Steak and Stons
at the Southweasterly Corner of said wiears Lote and Runing
En Equal Cours with said Lot untill it Com to Gain Armors
Land thence northerly Bounding on said Armor untill it Com
to the aforsaid wirs Land Bounding on wiears Lote to the
Bounds first men'i allso another tract of Land Containing forty
one acre more or Lese and is bounded on the west by the aforsaid
W^iear's Land and on the North by Cobts pond and on the East
by William Jamesons Land on the South by Gain armors Land
formerly known by the name of the morison Lote however other
wis buted or bound as by morisons Deed may Apear with all the
Buld^ orchards and Improvments on any of said Lands to Hold
in severalty for Ever
To Moses Cristy son of the Deceaced all the Remender of that
Lote of Land whereon the Dweling hous of the Dec"^ stod being
about twenty nine acre be it mor or Lese Bounded on the East by
the aforesaid wirs Lote and part on David Smilys Devision on the
north by Cobts pond allso another Lote of Land Containing forty
five acre be it mor Lese Lying westerly and ajoyning all the way
on the other Lote Last Described and bounded on the north by
Cobts Pond and on the west by arther Dorough and anis allso
330 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
anothr Lot of Land Containing Eighty five acre be it mor or
Lese and Lyeth Southerly and ajoyning on the outhr two Lots
alredy Discribed and bounded on the westly side by aHx'^'^ Richey
partly on the South by Thomas Robeson Esterly by Gain armors
land and partly on Land Laid of to the aforesaid Smily allso
anothr Lote of Land Containing fifty acre be it more or Lese
Lying and ajoying to the other Lote alredy Described Bound
on the west by John Simpson on the southerly and Eastrly by
Ezariah and Isrial wodberey Each of the aforesaid Lotes how-
ever outherwise buted or Bounded as by the Deeds of Sam^
Kinked the Rev^ John Kinked willm Smily & moses morgon may
apear Referance therto to be had with all the houses Barns and
inprovements on them or any of them in severalty for Ever
November 24*^ A D 1770 —
Sam'' Alison
Gain Armour
James Gilmore
[Bond of James Caldwell of Litchfield, yeoman, with James
Underwood of Litchfield and Asa Davis of Nottingham West as
sureties, in the sum of £500, March 26, 1777, for the guardian-
ship of Moses Christie, aged more than 14 years; witnesses,
Nathaniel Parker, William Parker.]
[Citation, April 30, 1777, to the administrators of the estate of
Col. Samuel Barr of Londonderry, formerly guardian, James
Caldwell of Litchfield, present guardian of the same minor, and
David Smiley, who married the other heir, to appear and show
cause why the account should not be allowed, as filed by John
Morrison, son of Samuel Morrison, executor, deceased.]
[Account of the executor; receipts, £397. 9. o, personal estate;
expenditures, £430. 12. 6. 3; allowed May 28, 1777; approved by
David Smiley and Samuel Barr, guardian of Moses Christie,
minor.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 331
MARY JONES 1766 STRATHAM
In The name of God amen august y« 25*^ 1766 I mary Jones
of Stratham in the Province of New hampshire Widdow bein but
weake in body * * *
first I Give unto my Son Jonathan Jones Five Pounds Lawfull
money and to be Paid in Spices within Three years after my
Decease by my Son Kensley Jones whom I Shall appoint Execu-
tor to this my Last Will
Iti"" I Give unto my Son John Jones five Shilings Lawfull
money & to be Paid in Speices within four years after my Decease
by my Executor here after mentioned in this my Last Will
Iti"* I Give unto my Son Benjamin Jones Six Pounds & Ten
Shilings Lawfull mony & to Be Paid by my Executer when my
said son Benj^ arivs at the age of Twenty one years & to be Paid
in Specees & Further more I Give unto my said son Benjam my
Desk which Stands in my bead Rome
Iti'" I Give unto my Daughter Harbord Waltor Ten Pounds
Lawfull mony and to be Paid in Specees by my Executo here
after mentioned and to be paid in five years after my Decease
Iti'" I Give unto my Daughter mary Tilton Two Pounds &
Ten Shilings Lawfull money & to be Paid in Specees within four
years after my Decease by my Executo here after mentioned in
this my Last Will
Iti'" I Give unto my Grand son Jonathan Jones Son of my son
Jonathan Jones one yoke of stears a Comming in Two years old
and to be Delivered to him by my Son Kinsley Jones within four
years after my Decease
Iti"" I Give unto my Grandaughter mary Jones Daughter to
my Son Jonathan one Silver Spoon marked with the Leters
M : H : & to be Deliverd by my Executor
Iti"" I Give unto my Two Daughters viz Harbord Walter &
mary Tilton Equally to be Divided between Them There Heirs
&c all my Wearing apparel with all my House Stufe wethin
Dores be it more or Less Excepting what I Given to benjamin &
what I Shall Give in this my Last Will to my Son Kensley
332 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Iti"* I Give and bequeave unto my Son Kensley Jones and to
his heirs & assings for Ever all my Real and Personal Estate not
all Readey Disposed of in this my Last Will viz all That four
acres of Land in Stratham which I Bought of Cap* Daniel
Tilton & all That one acre & halfe of Land with the bulding
Standing on the Same which I bough of the Said Tilton and allso
all my Lands in Exeter Containing about Eighteen acres more or
less & being my oack Land So Caled
and further more I Give unto my Said Son Kensley all my
stock of Cattel Sheep & swine of all Sorts & my Grate Chair & all
my Barrels meal Chest & my Grate lorn Kittle & my oack Chest
in The Celler & my other Chest in the Chamber &c
Lastly I Do hereby Constitute and appoint my Son Kensley
Jones to be Sole Executor * * *
her
mary X Jones
mark
[Witnesses] Matthew Tomson, Daniel Clark, Theo: Smith.
[Proved Sept. 24, 1766.]
[Inventory, Sept. 30, 1766; amount, £123. 14. 3; signed by
Theophilus Smith and Joseph Scott.]
PHOEBE CURRIER 1766 SOUTH HAMPTON
In the Name of God Amen. I Phebey Currier of South Hamp-
ton In the Province of New-Hampshire In New England Widow
Being under Bodily Weakness * * *
Secondly. I Give all my stock of Cattle Sheepe & Swine and
one Fether bed and Furneture belonging to it to my Son Reuben
Currier this I Give to him his Heirs and Assigns for ever
Thirdly. I Give to my Daughter Dorothy Currier one Halfe
of my Clothes and the one Halfe of my Puter and Houshold stufe
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 333
if She Lives to Enjoy it if Not to be Returnd to my Son Reuben
Currier
Fourthly. I Give to my Daughter INIiriam Elliots Late De-
ceast Wife to thomas Elliots Children the Other halfe of my
Clothes and the Other halfe of my Puter and Household stufe
this I Give to them there heirs and Assigns for ever
Finally. I Do Make ordain and constitute my Son Reuben
Currier to be Executor of this my last Will & Testament and
Do hereby revoke and make void all other and former Will and
Wills by me made or Declared and Do ratifie and confirm this
and this only to be my last Will and Testament In Witness where
of I the said Phebey Currier Have hereunto set my Hand and
Seal this Twenty Ninth Day of August Annoq Domini one
Thousand seven Hundred and sixty six and in the sixth year of
the Reign of George the third King over Great Britain &c
Her
Phebey X Currier
mark
[Witnesses] offen french, Benjamin Clough, Jonathan morrill.
[Proved Aug. 26, 1767.]
[Warrant, Aug. 26, 1767, authorizing Micajah Morrill and
Offen French, both of South Hampton, yeomen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, Oct. 26, 1767; amount, £52. 19. 6; signed by
Micajah Morrill and Offen French.]
TIMOTHY TAYLOR 1766 MERRIMACK
[Administration on the estate of Timothy Taylor of Merri-
mack, yeoman, granted to Rachel Taylor, widow, Sept. 5, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 401.]
334 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond of Rachel Taylor, with Hugh Gillls, husbandman, and
Robert Usher, innholder, as sureties, all of Merrimack, in the
sum of £500, Sept. 5, 1766, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Thomas Gillis, Jonathan Lovewell.]
[Inventory, Feb. 26, 1767; amount, £235. 19. 6; signed by
Francis Dimond and Robert Usher.]
State of New Hampshire 1 Pursuant to an order from the
Hillsborough ss / Hon^^^ Phillips White Esq"" Judge
of the Probate of Wills for the County of Rockingham in said
state Directing us to set off to Rachel Taylor Relect Widow to
Timothy Taylor Late of merrimack Dece'd, her Dower or
thirds in s*^ Dece'ds Estate Accordingly we have proceeded on
said Business and have Asset to the said Rachel the Land as
hereafter Described Bounded as followeth Begining at a stake
& stones near the southeast corner of the house then southerly
to a walnut tree marked near Souhegan river then easterly by
said river to Jacob jNI^Gaws Land then westerly by s^ m'^Gaws
Land to a Dead white oak tree continuing that point to the high-
way to a stake and stones then southerly by the fence as it now
stands within twenty feet of the s"^ corner of the house then
southwest to the bounds first mentioned also a piece of Plowing
by the Barn bounded on the west and north by Lands of Hugh
Gillis from Gilliss Land to the highway on the east & south by
the s'^ highway also five acres of woodland bounded on the west
by s*^ Gillis's Land twenty rods Exstending easterly by the road
twenty Rods wide, forty rods also the north loer room and
middle chamber & Garrot over the same the kitchen celler with
Liberty to Bake & wash in the kiching previledge of the well
with liberty to go through the middel room to & from the several
appartments also the east half of the Barn and the east part of
the barn yard Reserving the Other part of the barn yeard a
goeing into the Back door of the barn and through the Kitchen
Celler for the person who may own the other Two thirds of s"^
Estate
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 335
Merrimack Sept"^ i8*^ 1777 Thomas Barns
Henry Ficalds
John Combs
Jon" Cumings Jun'^
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £335. 9. 4; expendi-
tures the same; mentions "maintenance of 3 Childrin under the
age of seven years of the Dec^ Eleaz'' 38 weeks Abigail 141 weeks
Joel 241 weeks"; allowed Oct. 29, 1778.]
[Warrant, May 27, 1779, authorizing Thomas Barnes, Henry
Fields, Jonathan Cummings, gentlemen, John Coombs, and
Richard Hale, yeomen, all of Merrimack, to divide the real
estate. They reported June 10, 1779, that it could not be divided
without injury to its value, and appraised it at £1900. o. o.]
EZEKIEL DOW 1766 KENSINGTON
In the Name of God Amen I ezekiel Dow of the parish of
Kensington in the province of newhampshire in newengland
yeaman being weake of Body * * *
ily I Give and Bequeath to my well beloved wife Elisabeth
Dow the Improvement of the East End of my Dwelling house
and the Back room adjoyning to it and the one halfe my Barn
Improvement of the one halfe my Real Estate So long as She
Continues my widow and no longer
2ly I Give my Said wife all my moveables within Doars and
the one halfe of my money and all my Stock of Creatuers of all
Sorts except my hors which I Give but one halfe to her all to
Despose of as She Shall see Cause
3ly I Give to my two Grandaughters namely mary Dow and
Esther Dow five Shillings lawfull money to be equally Divided
and to be paid to them by my Son nathan Dow when they arive
to the age of twenty one years
336 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
4ly I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter abigail Row four
Dollors to be paid to her within two years after my Decease by
Son Nathan Dow
5ly I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Comfort Batchelder
four Dollors to be paid to her within three years after my Decease
by my son nathan Dow
61y I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Lucy weare four
Dollors to be paid to her within three years after my Decease by
my son Nathan Dow
yly I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Easther Dow thirty
Dollors and one Cow to be paid to her by my son nathan Dow
within one year after my Decease
Sly I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter patience Dow thirty
Dollors and one Cow to be paid to her within two years after my
Decease by my son nathan Dow
9ly I Give and Bequeath to my son Jabez Dow forever the one
halfe of one hole Right laying in weartown or hales town so
Called and I Give my said son thirty Dollars to be paid to him
within three years after my Decease by my son nathan Dow and
I order my son nathan to help him I mean Jabez what is Con-
venient for to settle him
loly If my two Daughters Should live single after my wives
Decease namely Esther and patience then my Said Daughters
to have the Improvement of the Same Rooms that their mother
has and I order my son nathan after my wives Decease or Day
of marriage to keep my two Daughters or either of them one
Cow apiece so long as they live in the house with him and to
find them or either of them ten Bushels of Corn one hundred
weight of pork and fifty weight of Beef and their fire wood and
four pound of sheeps wool and six pound of flax from the Come
one Bushel of mault all and every article above named I order
my son nathan to find for my two Daughters so long as they live
single and in my house
Illy I Give and Bequeath to my son Nathan Dow forever all
my land laying in Kensington with my house and Barn on said
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 337
land only my wife is to Improve as is l)efore mentioned and I
Give my said son all my salt marsh laying in Hampton falls and
the one halfe of all my money and the one halfe of my horse and
all my Implyments of husbandry excepting one Chain which I
Give to Jabez and if their be any thing that I have not Dcsposed
of in this my will I Give it or them to my two sons P2qually
and order my Executor to bury me in Decent Christian man-
ner and I Do by these presents Constitute and appoint my son
Nathan Dow to be my Executor to This my last Will and Testi-
ment Rattifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last
Will In Witness whereof I the Said Ezekiel Dow have hereunto
Set my hand and affixt my seal the Seventeenth Day of Septem-
ber anno Domini 1766 and in the Sixth year of the Reign of King
George the third &c
Ezekiel Dow
[Witnesses] Samuel Clifford, Simon Clifford, Ebenezer Clifford.
[Proved June 24, 1767.]
[Bond of Nathan Dow, with Samuel Clifford and Simon Clif-
ford as sureties, all of Kensington, in the sum of £200, June 24,
1767, for the execution of the will; witnesses, William Vaughan,
Robert Parks.]
JOHN USHER 1766 MERRIMACK
[Administration on the estate of John Usher of Merrimack
granted to Robert Usher Sept. 18, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 25, p. 47.]
[Bond of Robert Usher, yeoman, with Solomon Hutchinson
and Francis Dimond as sureties, all of Merrimack, in the sum of
£500, Sept. 18, 1766, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses Benjamin Baxter, Joseph McClenche.]
[Inventory, Jan 3, 1767; amount, £5. 5. o^; signed by Francis
Dimond and Benjamin Baxter.]
338 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
SAMUEL CURRIER 1766 HAMPSTEAD
In the Name of God Amen, I Samuel Currier of Hampstead in
the Province of New Hampshire in New England yeoman being
under bodily weakness * * *
Imprimis my will is that my beloved wife Hannah Currier pay
all my Just debts & funeral expences
Item 2^y I give and bequeath to my belovd wife Hannah
Currier the use and improvement of one third of my real Estate
during her life also I give her the whole of my personal Estate to
be at her disposall.
Item 3 I give and bequeath to my belovd son Ezekiel Currier
the whole of the Land where he lives with ye buildings which I
bough of Asa Foster, and one half of the Land I bought of Robert
Wallace, also one half of the Lot of land upon the Hill lying partly
in Sandown & partly in Hampstead.
Item 4^y I give to my belovd sons Samuel Currier and Jacob
Currier the whole of the Land I had of James Graves except that
part of it that I have already disposed of to be equally divided
betwixt them in quantity and quallity.
Item 5 I give to my Sons Ezekiel Samuel and Jacob the whole
of my out Lands to be equally divided betwixt them in quantity
and quallity.
Item 6 I give to my belovd Daughter Abigail Fitts fifteen
pounds Lawfull money if she should die before the legacy is payd
then that it be payed to the Children as they come of age
Item 7 I give to my beloved Daughter Hannah Page fifteen
pounds lawfull money if she should die before the legacy is payed
then that it be payed to the Children as they come of age.
Item 8 I give to my beloved Daughter Dorothy Currier
fifteen pounds Lawfull money
Item my will is that my beloved wife Hannah Currier, and be-
loved sons Samuel Currier and Jacob Currier, pay the above said
Legacies, that my wife pay the Legacy to my Daughter Hannah
Page within one year after my decase That my Son Samuel shall
pay my daughter Abigail Fitts her Legacy when he comes into
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 339
the possession of his part of his land and that my Son Jacob
shall pay my Daughter Dorothy her Legacy when he comes into
the possession of his part of Land
Finally I do make ordain and constitute my beloved son
Ezekiel Currier to be Sole Executor of this my last will and testa-
ment, and I do hereby revoke and make void all other and
former will or wills by me made or declared and do ratify
and confirm this and this only to be my last will and testament,
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this
Twenty second Day of September Anno Domini 1766 and in the
Sixth year of the Reign of George the Third &c
Samuel Currier
[Witnesses] Aaron Rowell, Benjamin Tucker, John Bond.
[Proved Oct. 29, 1766.]
[Bond of Ezekiel Currier of Hampstead, yeoman, with Aaron
Rowell and Benjamin Tucker, both of Hampstead, yeomen, as
sureties, in the sum of £500, Oct. 29, 1766, for the execution of
the will; witnesses, William Parker, Josiah Bartlett.]
SAR.^H OILMAN 1766 EXETER
In the name of God Amen I Sarah Oilman of Exeter in the
Province of New Hampshire widow, being Sick & weak of body
* * *
Imprimis. I Oive Devise and bequeath to my Son Bradstreet
Oilman my Silver Tankard, and also my Cow & Two year old
Stear and my four Sheep which he now hath in keeping, he
Oiving me a Decent Funerall
Item I give and Bequeath to my Daughter Joanna Adams,
wife of M' Joseph Adams of Newington Fifty Shillings Lawful
money to be paid her by my Executor in Six months after my
Decease or as Soon as he Can recover the Same of the Persons
that owe me
340 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Grandson Ezekiel Gilman
Son of my Son Jeremiah Gilman Deceas'd Thirty shilHngs Law-
ful money to be paid him by my Executor when he shall Arive
to the age of Twenty one Years with Lawful Intrest from the
Time of my Decease.
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Grand Daughter Mary
Gilman Daughter of my Said Son Jeremiah, Thirty Shillings
Lawful money to be paid her by my Executor when She Shall
arive to the age of Eighteen Years, with Lawful Intrest from the
time of my Decease.
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Gilman
my Feather bed & Bedding, Bedstead & all the Furniture there
to belonging, also my Seil Skin Trunk. I also Give her Six
Pewter Platters and Twelve pewter plates (equal to what I gave
her Sister Merrill) I also Give her my Large looking Glass Three
large Silver Spoons, my Brown Damask Gown, my Black Bom-
bazine Gown, and the one half of the Remainder of my Pewter,
& the one half of all my other Household Stuff — and the one
half of all my other Cloaths, both linnen & Woollen not herein
otherwise Disposed of I also Give her Thirty Shillings Lawful
money (as a reward for her Trouble & Care of me in my Sickness)
To be paid her by my Executor out of the monies Due to me, as Soon
after my Decease as the Same Can be Conveniently Collected.
Item I Give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Merrill, wife
of John Merrill of Newmarket The Bed, Bedding & Furniture &
Case of Drawers which She had of me. Also my black Taffety
Gown, my Light Colour'd Bussell Gown, also my Gold Necklace
& Two of my Silver Spoons, my Small Looking Glass, my Bro-
caded Shoes & large Stone Sleeve buttons, I also Give her the
other half of the Remainder of my Pewter and of All my other
Household stuff, and the one half of all my other Cloaths both
Linnen & Woollen not herein before Dispos'd of
Item My Will is and I do hereby order That all the Residue &
remainder of my Estate whether Real or Personall, after pay-
ment of my Just Debts Legacies and Charges Shall be Equally
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 34 1
Divided to and between my Said Daughters Sarah Gilman and
Mary Merrill
Lastly I do hereby Nominate Ordain and Appoint my Trusty
Friend and Kinsman Noah Emery to be Sole Executor of this
my last Will and Testament hereby requesting him to See that
this my Will be in all its parts well and P^ailhfully Executed and
Performd, and I do hereby revoke and make void all Former or
other Wills & Testaments in words or writing heretofore by me
made, and Do hereby Ratifie and Confirm this to be my last
Will and Testament, In Testimony whereof I do hereto Set my
hand & Seal this fourteenth day of October Anno Domini one
Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Six, —
Sarah Gillman
[Witnesses] Philip Babson, Moses Louge, Eph'" Robinson Ju^
[Proved April 29, 1767.]
THOMAS PARKER 1766 DRACUT, MASS.
[Inventory of the estate in New Hampshire of Rev. Thomas
Parker of Dracut, Mass., attested Oct. 15, 1766; lands in
Goffstown, Litchfield, and Pelham, £303. 6. 8; signed by John
Parker and William Elliot; attested April 13, 1767, by Matthew
Parker, executor.]
MARY SAWYER 1766 HAMPSTEAD
In the Name of God Amen the Sixteenth Day of October
1766 I Marey Sawyer of Hampsteed in the Province of New
hampshir in New Englend Spinest being very Sick and Weak in
Body * * *
Imprimis I give and bequeath to my Brother Abner Sawyer &
his hairs & asignes forever my Lands in Hampsted togather with
342 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
what mony he is indabted to me for Imprimis I give and be-
queath to my Cusen Joshua Sawyer and his hairs & asigns for-
ever my Lands in Nuberey that I have in Revarshin that my
mother hath in Porshin for her thirds of my fathers Estate to-
gather with all my other Debts that is Due to me Imprimis I
give unto my Sister Elisebeth Stevenes my Cambelet gowen and
my valvet whood one Small Puter plater & one pare of Sheetes
Imprimis I give and bequeath to my Brother Abener Sawders
wife my Black tafety Clock & my Silk Crap gowen Imprimis I
give unto my Cusen Sarah Sawyer Dauefter of my Brother
abener Sawyer the Remainder of my waring Cloths & Bad and
Bading and all my other houshold goods Imprimis I give to my
Cusen willeam Sawyer five Shilens Lawfull mony to be payed to
him out of my Estat by my Exceketer Imprimis I give and be-
queath to my Cusen willeam Stevens five Shilens Lawfull mony
to be Payed to him out of my Estat by my Execketer Imprimis
I give and bequeath to my Cusen Joseph Sawyer five Shilens
Lawfull mony to be payed to him out of my Estat by my Execke-
ter Abner Sawyer I Likwise Constitute make and ordain my
Sole Executer * * *
her
Marey X Sawyer
marck
[Witnesses] Thomas willams, Peter morse Junr, IchabodShaw.
[Proved Nov. 26, 1766.]
[Inventory, Feb. 19, 1767; amount, £60. 15. 5; signed by Peter
Morse, Jr., and Ichabod Shaw.]
THALES GREENWOOD 1766 PORTSMOUTH:
[Bond of Mary Greenwood, widow, with Matthew Livermore
and Joshua Brackett, physician, as sureties, all of Portsmouth,
in the sum of £500, Oct. 10, 1766, for the administration of the
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 343
estate of Thales Greenwood of Portsmouth, merchant; witnesses,
Mark Langdon, John Wendell.]
[Inventory, Nov. 24, 1766; amount, £54. 17. i, personal estate ;
signed by Samuel Penhallow and John Wendell.]
[List of claims against the estate, Oct. 27, 1767 ; amount, £127.
8. o^; signed by Samuel Penhallow and John Wendell.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £55. 1.9; expendi-
tures, £45. 6. 6; allowed April 2'], 1767.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £127. 8. o^; amount
distributed, £9. 15. 3; allowed May 13, 1768.]
WILLIAM LANGDON 1766 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I William Langdon of Portsmouth
in the Province of New Hampshire Tanner being Sick and
Weak * * *
Imprim^ my will is that all my just Debts & funeral Charges
be paid out of my Estate by my Execut' as Soon as may be with
Conveniency after my Decease And to raise money for this pur-
pose I order & Authorize my executor hereby to Sell all my Estate
in the County of York or Elsewhere Eastward of Piscataqua
river & execute a good & valid Deed or Deeds thereof as there
may be Occasion of my title right property & Demand therein
— Item I give & bequeath to Kezia my beloved wife one third
part of all my Personal Estate and the use & Improvement of
one third of all my real Estate (excepting what I have orderd
to be Sold) during her life with a Power in Case of Necessity
if she should want it for her Comfortable support to Sell & dis-
pose in fee So much of my real Estate as will be necessary for
that purpose —
Item all the rest Residue & remainder of my Estate with the
reversion of what is herein given to my Said wife which shall not
344 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
be disposed of for the Cause aforesaid I give Devise and bequeath
to my four Children viz WiHiam Mark Mary and John in the
Same Proportion that the Law woud give it to them if I had
made no will & left the Same an Intestate Estate to them their
Respective heirs & Assigns Provided neither of them Charge
my Estate for the Service they have done for me Since they have
Respectively been one & twenty years of Age, but in Case of
Such Charge by either of them so much Shall be deducted out of
his or her part — Lastly I hereby Constitute & appoint my Son
William Sole Execut"" of this my last Will & Testament & Revoke
all other wills by me in any manner hereto fore made In witness
whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the 25*^ Day of
October 1766
Wm Langdon
[Witnesses] William Parker, Mark Noble, John Ayers.
[Proved Dec. 11, 1766.]
[Bond of William Langdon, tanner, with John Pickering,
gentleman, as surety, both of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500,
Dec. II, 1766, for the execution of the will; witnesses, William
Parker, Robert Parks.]
WILLIAM PRESSON 1766 CHESTER
[Administration on the estate of William Presson of Chester,
yeoman, granted to Mary Presson Oct. 29, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 307,]
[Bond of Mary Presson, widow, with Edward Presson of
Chester, yeoman, and Caleb Towle of Hawke as sureties, in the
sum of £5000, Oct. 29, 1766, for the administration of the estate;
witness, William Vaughan.]
[Inventory, attested Feb. 24, 1767; amount, £57. 5. 6, per-
sonal estate; signed by John Underhill and Richard Emery.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 345
[Warrant, April 29, 1767, authorizing John Undcrhill, gentle-
man, and Joseph Lynn, yeoman, both of Chester, to receive
claims against the estate.]
[List of claims; amount, £98. 5. 4; signed by John Undcrhill
and Joseph Lynn.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £57. 5. 6; expendi-
tures, £19. 5. 6; allowed Oct. 10, 1772.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £98. 5. 4; amount
distributed, £38. o. o; allowed Oct. 31, 1772.]
THOMAS LITTLE 1766 PLAISTOW
The last will and Testament of Thomas Little of Plastow in
the Province of New-Hampshire in New England Gen* * * *
Imprimis I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife the one
half of my household goods During her natural life and the im-
provement of the other half so long as shee remains my widow.
I also give her the Improvement of all my real estate in the
Town of Plastow so long as she shall remain my Widow
Item I give to my Son Bond Little his Hiers and assigns two
pounds Lawfull money to be payed in stock three years after my
Decease, besides what I have already given him having given
him as his portion by Deed of gift.
Item I give to my Son Thomas Little his Hiers and assigns all
my real Estate in the Town of Plastow to come into the posses-
sion of the same at his mothers Death or marriage I also give
him my tools of every sort and my wearing apperrell I also give
him all my personal estate which I shall not otherways dispose of
in this will.
Item I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Clement two pounds
ten shillings Lawfull money besides what I have already given
her to be payed in stock in three years after my decase, and one
third of her mothers wearing apperrell at her decase.
346 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Item I give to my Daughter Alice Kent ten pounds lawfull
money to her heirs or assigns besides what I have given her to be
payed in stock in three years after my decase and one third of
her mothers wearing apperrell at her decase
Item I give to my Daughter Mary Little thirty Pounds Law-
full money in houshold goods and stock to be payd three years
after my decease and one third of her mothers wearing apperrell
at her Decease
Item I also order my wife, whom likewise I Constitute with
my son Thomas Little and make them Executors of this my last
will and testament to pay all my Just debts and legases and
funeral Charges and to inable them to do the same I give them
all my live stock and my Bills Bonds and Book debts and notes of
hand likwise I give to my well belov^ wife my Servant boy Lott
In wittness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
fifth Day of november Anno Domini 1766 and in the seventh
year of his Majisties Reign.
Thomas Little
[Witnesses] Stephen Dole, Benj'' Little Jun% Henry True.
[Proved Nov. 26, 1766.]
[Bond of Mary Little, widow, and Thomas Little, yeoman,
both of Plaistow, with Stephen Dole of Plaistow, yeoman, and
Benjamin Little, Jr., of Hampstead, gentleman, as sureties, in
the sum of £5000, Nov. 26, 1766, for the execution of the will;
witnesses, William Vaughan, William Parker.]
WILLIAM RITCHIE 1766 PETERBOROUGH
In the Name of God Amen the Eight Day of November in the
year one thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Six I William
Richey of Peterborough within his majistys province of New-
hampshire in New England yeoman being weak in body * * *
Imprimis I give and bequeth unto my wel beloved wife Mary
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 347
Richey the Income of one third of my Real estate for her to Dis-
pose of as She think best During her Natural Life and Likwise
the use of one cow and a bed of my personall estate During her
Natural Life —
Item I give and bequeth unto my eldest Son John Richey two
thirds of my home place where I now Dwell Providing he pay
unto my two Daughters Mary and Martha Richey ten pounds
Sterling money of great britain each in one year after they are of
age untill which time to be without Intrest —
Item I give and bequeth unto my Seccond Son James Richey
one hundred acres of Land Lying in the Second Division in
Peterborough aforesaid and one yoak of oxen out of my Personal
Estate when he is of age —
Item I give and bequeth unto my youngest Son Robert
Richey the Remaining third of my home place after the Dcease
of my wife mary Richey and a Yoak of oxen out of my Personal
Estate when he is of age
Item I give and bequeth all the Remainder of my personal
Estate to my Son John providing he allow my son James &
Robort and Daughters Mary & Martha aforesaid there mentain-
ence out of my Real estate that is in his hands with this proviso
that they must work upon Said place untill they are of age
and if any of them Die in Non age I bequeth to my Said Son John
there share of the Estate that I have bequethed to them —
I Likewise Constitute make and ordain my trusty friends Capt
Thomas Morrison and Leut william Smith to be my sole ex-
acutors * * *
his
William X Ritchey
Mark
[Witnesses] John Smith, William Moore, Jonathan Morrison.
[Proved May 25, 1768.]
[Inventory, Feb. 23, 1768; amount, £239. 3. 4; signed by John
Smith and William Moore.]
348 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Account of the executors; receipts, £75. 16. 8, personal es-
tate; expenditures, £5. 16. o; allowed March 30, 1769.]
JOHN JONES 1766 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of John Jones of Portsmouth
granted to John Jones Nov. 14, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 325.]
[Bond of John Jones, cordwainer, with Nathaniel Adams,
merchant, and Joshua Jones, boat builder, as sureties, all of
Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, Nov. 14, 1766, for the adminis-
tration of the estate; witnesses, John Storer, William Vaughan.]
[Inventory, Feb, 25, 1767; amount, £213. 17. 11; signed by
Titus Salter and John Marshall.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £62. i. 5, personal
estate; expenditures, £4. 16. 9X; allowed Nov. 2, 1767.]
[James Jones of Portsmouth, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of John Jones, makes choice of Samuel Jones of Ports-
mouth, cordwainer, as his guardian Nov. 22, 1769.]
[Bond of Samuel Jones, with John Marshall, and Reuben
Snell, boat-builders, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of
£500, Nov. 22, 1769, for the guardianship of James Jones; wit-
nesses, Sarah Wentworth, Timothy Watson.]
WILLIAM SLOANE 1766 LYME
Know all men by these Presents That we the Subscribers viz.
Elisabeth Slone widow woman and John Slone William Slone
David Slone and Alexander Murry Husbandmen & Allener
Murrey marred woman being Heirs to the Estate of William
Slone late of Lime in the Province of New Hampshire Weaver
deceast Have come into y^ following agreement as to the Division
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A Plan of the Real Esteate of M' John Jones Late of Ports-
mouth Coardwinder Deceased Drawn the 29**^ of December 1770
Containing 22 acers & a half & 29 Rods
Province N H Pursunt to an order directed to us the Sub-
scribers we have divided the Real Estate of John Jones Late of
Portsmouth Cordwainer Deceased in manner following to John
Jones the Eldest son the Easterly Lower Room with the garat
East one third of the seller under sd Room the westerly End of
the Barn one third Part with the Land it stands on the Land
Between the Barn and said house one Lot of Land N° 2 as de-
scribed in the Plan one Lot N° 4 one Lot N° 8 one Lot N" 12
Joshua N° 5 N° 9 with the East Chamber of the house Sam"
to have the Sider house the Lot N° i with one third of the Barn
in the Midle with Lot N° 10 James to have the Lot N° 3 N° 11
the Chamber and garret west end of the house and third to the
east end of the Barn Ann Beverly the Lower Room west end of
sd house one third of the Sellar two Lots N° 6 N° 7
Mark Langdon
Greenleaf Clark
Tho" Peirce
Joseph Banfill
'Hi
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Begining at the Corner of the Road that Leads to the Gover-
nours S 32^ E 23>^ Rod to Phillips then S 57^ W 18 Rod by
Phillip then S 31^ E 11^ by PhiUips then S ss'i W 130 Rod by
Bartletts then N 65'* W 19 Rod to ackermans then N 55** E 45
Rod to ye Road that Leads to ye Creek along by ackermans the
Road Cross S 20^ E then N 25'^ E Eight Rod then N y** 11 Rod
to ye Gate by Stonemans Corner then S ^^^ E 13 Rod by
Stonemans then N ys^^ E io>^ Rod by Stonemans then N 65*^
E 1 1 Rod by Stonemans to the Corner then N 28*^ W 22 Rod to
the Road by Stonemans then East 1 1 >^ Rod by the Road then
N 57^ E 16 Rod by ye Road then N 35^ E 20 Rod by ye Road
then N ss'^ E 22>^ Rod to the Corner Began at
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 349
& Settlement of the Estate of the above said WilHam Slone de-
ceas'^ viz Elisebeth Slone the widow of the deceas'd to have the
Improvement of all the Lands and household stuf and all the
outdoor moveables her life time & John Slone to have fifty acres
of Land in the third Division of a Right of Land in the Town of
Lime which the aboves'* William Slone deceas'd died possest of
and William Slone to have fifty acres in the third division of the
aboves'^ right David Slone to have fifty acres Second Division & a
ten acre Lott of meadow laying South of John Slones meadow
Lott and also one half of the after divisions undisposed of in this
Settlement & Agreement and Alexander Murry and Alaner
Murry to have fifty acres and being first Division and also one
half of the after Divisions undisposed of in this agreem* to which
agreement we by these presents do firmly bind our selves our
Heirs Executors administrators and assigns to Stand to & abide
by In Witness whereof we the Subscribers have hereunto set our
Hands and Seals this twentyeth Day of Nov anno domini one
thousand Seven hundred & Sixty Six and in the Seventh Year of
his Majesties Reign George the third &c
Elisabeth Sloan
John Sloan
William Sloan
David Sloan
Alexander Murray
Lienor Murray
[Witnesses] Moses Chase, Benjamin Grant.
[N. H. Prov. Deeds, vol. 92, p. 400.]
MOSES MORRILL 1766 KINGSTON
[Bond of Miriam Morrill, widow, with Edward Fifield and
Nathan Batchelder, gentleman, as sureties, all of Kingston, in
the sum of £500, Nov. 21, 1766, for the administration of the
350 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
estate of Moses Morrill of Kingston, yeoman; witnesses, Jeremy
Webster, Ebenezer Batchelder.]
[Inventory, attested March 19, 1767; amount, £783. 7. i;
signed by Jeremy Webster and Ebenezer Batchelder.]
[Account of John Prescott and his wife, Miriam Prescott,
formerly Miriam Morrill, administratrix; receipts, £331. 16. 7;
expenditures, £282. 13. 11; mentions "Supporting & bring up
Betty a Child of the Deceased Six years & Six Months from the
time of his Decease untill She was Seven years old being 338
Weeks"; allowed Feb. 23, 1774.]
[Warrants, Oct. 21, 1774, authorizing Josiah Bartlett, Na-
thaniel Batchelder, David Tilton, John Toppan, and Jonathan
Greeley, Jr., to set off the widow's dower, and to divide the re-
mainder of the real estate between Abigail Morrill and Betty
Morrill, only children of the deceased.]
Province of | We the Subscribers being appointed by the
Newhampshire r Honb'« John Sherburne Esq'' Judge of the
Rockingham ss J Probate of Wills &c for said County a Com-
mittee to set off to Miriam Prescut lately Miriam Morrill widow
of Moses Morrill late of Kingstown in said County yeoman
Deceas*^ her Dower which Happens to her of the Estate of her
said late Husband moses morrill Deceas'^ to hold to her in Sev-
eralty During her natural Life We have Proceeded & set off the
same in manner following viz we have Set off to her the Southeast
Room in the Deceas'^^ late Dwelling House with the Cellar
under the same & the Chamber & Garret above it; with a free
Liberty of the Entry & stairs to occupy improve & Enjoy the
same we have also set off to her the westerly half of the Barn
We have also set off to her about thirty three acres of Land on the
Northerly side of the Homestead of said Deceas'* and Bounded
as follows viz Begining at the Northwest Corner of said Home-
stead adjoyning to Lieu* John Toppans Land thence on the
westerly End of said Homestead fifteen Rods to a stake & stones
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 351
thence Easterly Crossing the Highway to the Easterly End of
said Homestead to a Small Beach tree which we have spotted on
four sides & marked with W standing about Nineteen Rods from
the Northerly side of said Homestead thence Northerly to the
Northeast Corner of said Homestead thence westerly to the
Bound first mentioned Excepting the Highway & Excepting and
Reserving to the other Hiers the Priviledge of Passing & Repass-
ing to & from the Highway to use occupy & Enjoy thier part of
the House & Barn and for laying wood for the use of the fire in
the House also Reserving to the other hiers the four Southern-
most Rows of apple trees on the Land Sett off as above we have
also set off to her about three acres & three Quarters of Swamp
Land and is that part of Twenty acres in said Kingstown that in
the Devision of the Estate of Benjamin Morrill the Elder was
set off to his son John Morrill witness our hands
Kingstown Novemb"" 14*'' 1774
Josiah Bartlett
Nathi Bachcller
David Tilton
Province of
Newhampshire
Rockingham ss
We the Subscribers being appointed by the
Honb'o John Sherburne Esq"' Judge of the
Probate of Wills &c for said County a Com-
mittee to Divide the real Estate of Moses Morrill late of Kings-
town in said County yeoman Deceas"^ into two Equal Shares
between Abigail and Betty his Two only Children having first
set off the widow her Dower accordingly we have set off to Abi-
gail for her share as follows viz fifty acres of Land in Candia in
Said County and is that fifty acres of Land that the Said Moses in
his life time Bought of Theophilus Clough also the southwesterly
half of the Deceas"^^ Right & Intrest in the Lot Number Ten in
the tenth Range & third Division of Lots in Nottingham in said
County the said Moses's Right is the Northwesterly half of said
Lot which he purchasd of Sargent Currier also a Certain piece
of Land in Canterbury in said County and is the Northwesterly
half of that Hundred acre Lot of Land that was Laid out to the
352 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
original Right of Thomas Rymes in the third Devision of Lots
in said Canterbury also Ten acres of Swamp in Kingstown in said
County which the Deceas*^ purchased of John Fifield
We have set off to Betty for her share as follows viz the South-
erly half of the Homestead of said Deceas*^ and Bounded as fol-
lows viz Begining at a stake & stones at the westerly End of Said
Homestead which is the Bound of the widows thirds thence
southerly about Sixteen Rods to Edward Fifields Land thence
Easterly to the southeast Corner of said Homestead thence
Northerly about nineteen Rods to a Small Beech tree spotted on
four sides & marked W which is a Bound of the thirds thence
westerly by said Thirds to the Bound first mentioned we have
also Set off to her the westerly End of the Deceaseds Dwelling
House and the whole of the Back room with the Chambers &
Garrets above them & the Cellar under the said Back room with a
priviledge of the Entry & stairs to use occupy & Enjoy the prem-
isses also the Easterly half of the Barn with a Priviledge to lay
firewood by said House and to pass & Repass to & from the
Highway to the said Buildings to use and occupy them so Long
as they shall stand, we also allow her the use & improvement of
the four Southernmost Rows of apple trees that Grows on the
Land Set off for the thirds During the Life of her said mother,
wee have likewise Sett off to her about two acres & an half of
swamp Land being part of Benjamins Share in the Twenty acres
of swamp Land in the Devision of her Grandfather Morrills
Estate and is the whole of the said Benjamins share in said
Twenty acres Except what was sold by the Said Moses in his Life
time we have also sett off to her the Northeasterly half of the
Deceased Right and Intrest in the Lot Number Ten in the tenth
Range and third Devision of Lots in Nottingham in said County
also we have Set off to her a Certain piece of Land in Canterbury
in said County and is the Southeasterly half of that Hundred
acre Lot of Land that was laid out to the original Right of
Thomas Rymes in the third Devision of Lots in said Canterbury
witness our hands
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 353
Kingstown Novemb'^ 14*'' 1774
Josiah Bartlett
Nath' Bacheller
David Tilton
[Petition of Benjamin Brown of Epping, gentleman, April 14,
1777, in behalf of his wife, daughter of Moses Morrill, Betty Mor-
rill, aged less than 14 years, daughter of Moses Morrill, and John
Morrill of Kingston, tanner, tenants in common, for the division
of nine acres of swamp in Kingston and four acres of salt marsh in
Seabrook.]
State of New 1 Pursuant to a warrant from the Honorable
Hampshire r Philips White Esq'' Judge of the probate of
Rockingham ss J wills &c for said County Impowering us the
Subscribers to make a division of the Estate of Moses Morrill
Late of kingston in Said County Deceased viz that part which
was set off to the widow of said deceased we having viewed the
premises do hereby agree to make the following return Viz we
have Set off to Abigail the wife of Benjamin Brown and Daughter
of said deceased the Northerly part of the home place joining
northerly on Land of Lieu* John Toppan and to Extend South-
erly Between Land of Ebenezer Lovering on the East and Land
of Samuel Stevens on the west Eight Rods by said Stevens and
Nine Rods & half by Said Lovering with Straight Lines from
bound to bound Excluding so much of said part as is taken up by
the house Together with three Rods on the East and on the north
of said house continuing the said northerly three Rod to the
highway and to Betty we have set off the other half of the Estate
of said deceased which belonged to said widow viz nine Rod and
a half on said Lovering and Seven Rod on the westerly End of
Said place being straight from bound to bound together with that
part of the house which belonged to Said widow with the privi-
ledge Round the house as above said also to said Betty three
acres and three Quarters of Land near the westerly end of said
place jining by Land of Isaac Brown Easterly and the heirs of
354 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Joseph Eastman on the South and Land of Said Betty on the
west and said Eastmans heirs on the north which parts we have
carefully viewed and set meets and bounds as above said in
Testimony whereof we have hereunto Set our hands this Twenty
ninth day of December anno Domini 1777 —
Moses Flanders
David Tilton r Committee
Ezra Currier J
[Additional account of John Prescott and his wife Miriam,
administratrix; receipts, £73. 10. 8; expenditures, £20. 4. 9;
allowed Feb. 26, 1778.]
NATHANIEL BLANCHARD 1766 MILFORD
[Bond of Joel Crosby, with Thomas Heald, yeoman, and
Timothy Heald, gentleman, as sureties, all of New Ipswich, in
the sum of £500, Nov. 22, 1766, for the guardianship of Na-
thaniel Blanchard and Deliverance Blanchard, aged less than
14 years, children of Nathaniel Blanchard of Mile Slip, husband-
man, deceased; witnesses, Ebenezer Heald, Abraham Estabrook,
Timothy Heald, Jr.]
SAMUEL HART 1766 PORTS^IOUTH
In the name of God Amen I Samuel Hart of Portsmouth in the
Province of New Hampshire Joiner * * *
3<^'y I Give to my Dearly Beloved wife Bridget Hart all my
Estate both Real and Personal with my Two Negro men & the
Real Estate in Portsmouth in the Province aforesaid meaning
the House & Land where I now Dwell with the out Houses &"*
with the appurtunances thereunto belonging or any Ways ap-
pertaining, and also the Lot of Land in Portsmouth aforesaid
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 355
that is between the Lot of Samuel Beck and the House of Susana
Pitman being Sixty feet Front & Eighty feet Back fronting
on Dear Street (So Called) Dureing her Natural Life and if my
wife Bridget Hart Should have Occation to Sell any Part of my
Estate Either Real Or Personal for her Support She has Power &
Liberty So to Do —
^.thiy J Give unto my Son Richard Hart & to His Heirs &
assigns for Ever my House Land Garden out Houses with the
appurtunances where I now Live after the Death of my wife
afores^ & if my wife Bridget Hart Should not have occation to
Dispose of Part of the Real or Personal Estate for her Support
as afores** & my Son Richard Hart he Paying the Legacies here-
after mentioned when it comes into his hands —
gthiy J Give to my Daughter Mary Efford five Shillings Lawfull
money —
5thiy J Give also to Samuel Briard & Elizabeth Briard my
Daughter Five Shellings Lawful money —
ythiy I Give to Samuel Beck & Joanna his wife who is my
Daughter Five Shillings Lawful money —
gthiy I Give to my Grandson John Hart Five Pounds Lawful
money —
gthiy J Give also to my Grand Daughter abigail Slade five
Shillings Lawful money —
io*'»'y I Give to my Son Daniel Hart & His Heirs & assigns for
Ever that Lot of Land with the appurtunances between the Land
of Samuel Becks and the Land of Susanna Pitman in Portsmouth
in Said Province Lying & being in Dear Street (So Called) Front-
ing on Said Street Sixty feet front & Eighty feet Back to him
after the Death of his mother m^ Bridget Hart but if my wife
Bridget Hart Should not have occation to Sell or Dispose of the
aforesaid Lot for her Support as aforesaid then to him the Said
Daniel Hart as afores"^ —
The Residue after the Death of my wife as moveables those to
be Equally Divided to and amongst my Children and their
Respective Heirs —
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Finaly I do Constitute and appoint my Beloved wife Bridget
Hart to be my Sole Executrix of this my Last Will & Testament
and hereby Revoking all other Wills I do hereby Ratify & Con-
firm this & no other to be my Last Will & Testament Witness my
hand & Seal this 22 <^ Day of November Anno Domini 1766 —
Samuel Hart
[Witnesses] A R Cutter, Samuel Treadwell, H Wentworth.
[Proved Feb. 25, 1767.]
[Bond of Bridget Hart, with Samuel Cutts, merchant, as
surety, both of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, Feb. 25, 1767,
for the execution of the will; witnesses, William Shackford,
Richard Hart.]
[Bond of Richard Hart, merchant, with Joshua Brackett,
physician, and Samuel Briard, mariner, as sureties, all of Ports-
mouth, in the sum of £500, July 14, 1773, for the administration
of the estate, with will annexed; witnesses, Samuel Parker,
John Pingree Williams.]
THOIVIAS DUSTIN 1766 % SALEM
[Abiah Dustin renounces administration on the estate of
Thomas Dustin in favor of Caleb Dustin at Salem Nov. 24,
1766; witnesses, Moses Dustin, Zachariah Johnson.]
[Administration on the estate of Thomas Dustin of Salem,
husbandman, granted to Caleb Dustin of Salem, husbandman.
May 2, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 426.]
[Bond of Caleb Dustin, with John Currier of Salem and
James Paul of Londonderry, husbandmen, as sureties, in the
sum of £200, ?^Iay 2, 1767, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Samuel Livermore, Jane Livermore.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 357
[Warrant, May 2, 1767, authorizing James Paul and John
Currier to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested May 5, 1767; amount, £343. 4. 6; signed
by James Paul and John Currier.]
[Warrant, Jan. 17, 1772, authorizing Nathaniel Woodman,
Jeremiah Dow, Daniel Gordon, John Currier, and James Paul to
divide the real estate.]
Rockingham ss 1 Persuant to a Warrant to us Directed
Province of Ham"" j by the Honour John Wintarth Esq"" Judge
of Probate of wills &c for said Province to make Pertion and
Division of the Rael Estate of Thomas Dusten Late of Salem
in Said Province yeoman Deced amongst the heirs of said Deced
wee have accordingly atended Said Service and maid Division
of Said Estate amongst the heirs in manner and form following
(viz) —
first we have Divided out to moses the Eldes Son in age two
full shears a cartain Peace of Land that his Decest father bought
of Samuel ayrs of haverhill Containing abought ninty acrs
bound as followith beginning at the norwest Corner by land of
Nathaniel woodman thence Southerly by the Rode fifty Pools to
Land of mary Copps thence Easterly by s<* Land fifty three
Pools to a Pitch Pine marked thence Southerly by s'^ Copps
Land Sixty two Pools to John aliens mill Pond thence Easterly
by John aliens Land one hundred and thirty two Pools to a
Pitch Pine marked near the Rode thence northerly to Caleb
marbels land thence westerly by s'* marbels Seventy three Pools
to a black oak by William Clements Land thence norwesterly by
s^ Clements Land forty Six Pools to a stake and Stones thence
westerly Eighty Eight Pools to the bounds first mentioned —
2ly we have Laid out to Stephen the next son in age the
Southeast Lot beginning by the Rode by Land of the heirs of
Obadiah Dusten Decest thence East abought one hundred and
Eighteen Pools to a stake and stones which is the bounds of the
s*^ obadiah Dustens Decst thence north twenty two Pools to a
358 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Stake and stones thence west abought one hundred and ninteen
Pools to the Rode to a stake and stones thence Southerly twenty-
four Pools and three quarters to the bounds first mentioned —
3ly Ebenezer the next son in age begins at the s"^ Stephens
norwest Corner at a stake and stones thence East by s"^ Land
one hundred and ninteen Pools to a stake and stones thence
north twenty two Pools to a stake and stones thence West
abought one hundred and thirty Pools to a stake and stones by
the Rode thence southerly by the Rode abought twenty five Pools
to the bounds first mentioned —
4ly amos the younger son in age beginning at a stake and
stones Which is the northwest Corner bounds of the above s**
Ebenezer thence East by s*^ Ebenezer abought one hundred and
thirty Pools to a stake and stones thence north abought twenty
Pools to Pitch Pine marked by Seth Patees Land thence west
by s^ Patees Land and Nathaniel Belnaps abought one hundred
and forty Six Pools to the Rode thence southerly by the Rode to
the bounds first mentioned Reserving the Previlege of the streem
to Each of the heirs according to there Right threw the firm —
5ly furthermore we have Set off the Lowest Cornor of said firm
ten acrs and one half of wood Land to Stephen and amos which
Complets there full shear Stephen shall have the northerly half
and amos the southerly half of s^ ten acrs and an half bound as
followeth upon the north Side by Alexander Gordens Land upon
the west side by Enos Websters Land upon the south side by
the above s^ Gordons Land upon the East Side by s"^ Gordens
madow —
61y to mary the Eldest Daughter we have Set of the norwest
Lot bounded as followeth (viz) beginning at the notheast Corner
at a stake and stones which is the South East Corner bounds of
Alexander Gordens Land thence Southerly by the Rode to the
brook thence Down the brook Eighteen Pools to stump with
stones abought it thence west to alexander Gordens Land north-
erly by s'^ Gordens Land thirty five Pools to a stake and stones
which is the notheast corner bound of Said Gordens Land
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 359
thence by Caleb Dustens and s'^ Gordens Land Running East to
the bounds first mentioned Reserving four acrs and an half
to Caleb Dusten out of said Lot as shall appear by Deed —
yly to abiah the youngest Daughter the Southerly Lot bounded
as beginning at the Rode at a stake and stones by Land of the
heirs of Obadiah Dusten Decest thence west by s'' heirs Land
Eighty two Pools to a stake and stones thence north by s"^ heirs
Land fifteen Pools to a stake and stones thence west by s"^ heirs
Land to the madow thence northwesterly by s'* madow to a
Popler tree which is the South East Corner bound of alexander
Gordens Land thence northerly by s'^ Gordens Land to the above
s^ marys Land thence East by s** marys Land to the brook thence
over the brook thence up the brook to the Rode thence South-
erly by the Rode to the bounds first mentioned Reserving the
Privilege of the barn to Stephen Ebenezer amos mary and abiah
Exclusive of the widows thirds Each an Equel shear till abiah
shall Come to LawfuU age after that to be the three sons namely
Stephen Ebenezer and amos an Equel Share Exclusive of the
widows thirds and at the widows Decse to belong to the above
named Sons Stephen Ebenezer and amos —
Sly we have set of the widows Dower (viz) beginning at a stake
and stones by the Rode thence west thirty Six Pools to the up-
land at a stake and stones thence northerly by the upland to
alexander Gordens Land thence East by S^ Gordens Land to the
Rode thence Crossing the Rode and Runing by Nathaniel
Beelnaps Land twenty Eight Pools to a stake and stones thence
southerly to a stake and stones by Land of Obadiah Decest
thence west Sixteen Pools to the Rode thence Crossing the Rode
and then Running ten Pools to a white Pine tree thence northerly
to a mapel tree by the brook thence up the brook ten Pools to
the Rode thence Cross the book to the bounds first mentioned
we have Set of to the widow a wood Lot at the East End of the
firm beginning at the notheast Corner at a Pine tree marked by
Seth Patees Land thence south to a stake and stones standing
by the Land of obadiah Dusten Decest thence west Eightteen
360 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Pools to a stake and stones thence noth to the s'^ Patees Land
thence East Eighteen Pools to the bound first mentioned ferther-
more we have set of to the widow twenty acrs of wood Land of
the Land that Thomas Dusten bought of Samuel ayrs of haver-
hill bound as followeth beginning at the norwest Corner by Land
of Nathaniel woodmans thence Southerly by the Rode twenty
Eight Pools thence Easterly a strate Line to a black oak which is
the southwest Corner bound of Caleb marbels Land thence by
william Clements Land forty Six pools to a stake and stones
thence westerly Eighty Eight Pools to the bounds first mentioned
Reserving a Privilige of Passing and Repassing threw Each
others Land both for widow and Children furthermore the
widow shall Have the East Cattel and ty up Privilige in the
flore —
firthermore Ebenezer Shall have a Privilige of building a
house at the west End of the house
Dated Salem June y^ is**" 1772 John Currier
James Paul
Daniel Gorden
[Account of the administrator; receipts, the real estate; ex-
penditures, £46. 2. 3; allowed March 25, 1773.]
JOSEPH BREWSTER 1766 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I Joseph Brewster of Portsmouth in
the Province of New Hampshire Shopkeeper being Indisposd in
body * * *
Item I give & Devise to my Son in Law George Hart that Lot
of Land where he has built an house as the same has been usually
fenced & Improved by him or under him but to Extend no farther
to him his Heirs & assigns
Item all the rest of my Estate real & Personal I Give & Devise
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 361
the use of the Same to Phoebe my beloved wife during her
natural life with power to dispose of so much of my Personal
Estate as She shall have Occasion to Support her Comfortably
during her life
Item I give & Devise to my Grandson Joseph Boyd all the
reversion & remainder of that part of my real Estate which I
had out of my fathers Estate with that I purchased which
formerly belonged to W"" Lock lying near the other to have &
hold to my Said Grandson & the heirs of his body Lawfully
begotten forever —
Item all the reversion & Remainder of My Estate that is all
my real Estate after my wife's Decease and all my Personal
Estate which she shall not have Occasion to use I give Devise
and Dispose of among all my Children their heirs & assigns
Equally Divided but if any of them Shall be Deceased at the
time of her Decease the share which woud have been Such De-
ceased Child's shall then go to the Children of that Person so
Deceased Lastly I hereby Constitute & appoint my Said wife to
be Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament and re-
voke all other wills by me in any manner heretofore made In
Witness whereof I have hereto Set my hand & Seal the 25''' Day
of November Anno Domini 1766 —
Joseph Brewster
[Witnesses] William Parker, Daniel Peirce Jun^ Matthew
Haslett.
[Proved Dec. 23, 1766.]
[Bond of Phoebe Brewster, with George Boyd as surety, both
of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, Dec. 23, 1766, for the execu-
tion of the will; witnesses, William Parker, Daniel Peirce, Jr.]
[Caveat of George Boyd and George Hart, July 20, 1767,
against the granting of administration without notice, the execu-
trix being deceased, "as your Petitioners fear Joseph Brewster
the Son of the Deceased will be unwilling to comply with the
said Will and in Consequence thereof will move for administra-
362 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
tion on said Estate with a View of keeping the whole in his
hands & not without hopes of some other advantage That as his
right is no better than one of the other Children your Petition"
in Right of their wives have as good a right as he."]
[Administration granted to George Hart of Portsmouth,
blacksmith, July 29, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 488.]
[Bond of George Hart, with George Boyd and Zachariah Foss,
innholder, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500,
July 29, 1767, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
Robert Parks, William Parker.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £206. 8. 9>^; expen-
ditures, £37. 15. 8; allowed March 16, 1769.]
BILEY HARDY 1766 BRENTWOOD
[Administration on the estate of Biley Hardy of Brentwood,
yeoman, granted to Nicholas Hardy Nov. 26, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 314.]
[Bond of Nicholas Hardy of Brentwood, yeoman, with Joseph
Wadleigh of Brentwood, yeoman, and Jethro Pearson of Exeter,
gentleman, as sureties, in the sum of £10,000, Nov. 26, 1766, for
the administration of the estate; witness, William Vaughan.]
[Inventory, Jan. 24, 1767; amount, £353. o. 10; signed by
Edward Stevens and Daniel Clark.]
[Warrant, March 30, 1767, authorizing Walter Bryent of New-
market, Samuel Dudley, gentleman, and Jonathan Smith, yeo-
man, both of Brentwood, to set off to Mehitabel Hardy the
widow's dower.]
Province of 1 Persuant to the within order we have Set of
New Hamp"^ / to the said Widow her Dower of the within
Mentioned Estate in the following Manner, viz. a peice of Land
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 363
Bounded as follows beginning at the river at the Northerly
Corner of the Land Belonging to the heirs of Reuben Smith
Deceas'd & thence running Northwesterly by said river fourteen
& one half Rods to a stake thence run« Southerly Carrying the
Bredth of fourteen & one half rods Bounding on the aforesaid
Smiths Lands to a stake standing Square with the Northerly
End of the orchard thence a Streight line to the Easterly side of
the Barn floor to the Middle of the Barn thence Easterly across
to the Next Girt thence southerly by said Girt to the Poast
thence a Streight line to one Rod westerly of the west corner of
the Dwelling house then to begin again at the Northeast Corner
of said house & thence to run Northerly in the Middle between
the third & fourth Rows of apple trees (leaving the four Rows to
the Eastward) to the Northerly end of said orchard thence
Easterly by said orchard to the aforesaid Smiths lands together
with all the westerly end of the Dwelling house Excepting the
garret also one third of the sellar on the south side with the half
of one oven & also a way from the house to the high way together
with a previledge of the well with all the Previledges and Ap-
purtenances Appertaining to the Premises Excepting and Re-
serving to the Easterly part of said House the previledge of a
Way from the Back or Northerly Door of said house ten feet
wide Round the Easterly Corner of said House, and also one
third part of a Certain Peice of salt Marsh Situate on Exeter
River set of as Dower as aforesaid and Bounded as follows viz
Beginning at the South westerly Corner of said Marsh at the
upland adjoining to Marsh of thomas Lifords & thence Run«
Bounding on said Lifords Marsh to the aforesaid River thence
Bounds on the upland on the west & the aforesaid River on the
East & thence running Down said River fifteen Rods on a
Streight Line Carrying the full Bredth of said Marsh Dated at
Exeter the 6*'' Day of April Annoque Domini 1767
Sam^i Dudly 1
Jonathan Smith r commitee
Walter Bryent Jun"^
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[Account of the administrator; receipts, £317. 18. 11 3^; ex-
penditures, £173. 8. 3>^; allowed Sept. 2^] , 1780.]
JOHN CROWN 1766 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of John Crown of Portsmouth
granted to Ann Crown Nov. 28, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 325.]
[Bond of Ann Crown, widow, with Nathaniel Adams and John
Parker, merchants, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of
£500, Nov. 28, 1766, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, William Parker, William Whipple.]
[Inventory, Jan. 28, 1767; amount, £91. 5. 6; signed by Henry
Prescott and Stephen Batson.]
JOHN HENDERSON 1766 JAFFREY
[Administration on the estate of John Henderson of Monad-
nock No. 2, yeoman, granted to Reuben Kidder Dec. 5, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 327.]
[Bond of Reuben Kidder of New Ipswich, with Samuel Hobart
of Hollis and Enoch Hale of Monadnock No. i, yeoman, as
sureties, in the sum of £500, Dec. 5, 1766, for the administration
of the estate; witnesses, Jonathan Lovewell, Philip Fowler, Jr.]
SARAH DAM 1766 MADBURY
In the Name of God amen This Tenth Day of December
annoque Domini, one thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Six, I
Sarah Dam of ye Parish of Madbury, in the Province of New-
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 365
Hampshire, widow, Being advanced in Years, and Exerciesed
with Bodily Infirmities * * *
Imprimis I Give and Bequeath unto my Grandaughter
Martha Jones and to her heirs and assigns forever my Whole
Estate both Real and Personnal wheresomever the Same may be
found (Except what I Shall Otherways Dispose of in these Pres-
ents) to be Entered upon and be Possessed by her as Soon as
She may Enter into Wedlock or be Lawfully Married to any
Person or if She Remains Single at the age of Twenty one Years,
and untill that Time to Remain in the hands of my Executors
hereafter named But in Case my afors"* Grandaughter Martha
Jones Should at the Time of her Decease Leave no Issue of her
Body Lawfully Begotten, then my will is that what I have By
these presents Bequeathed to her her heirs and assigns Shall be
Equally Divided Between my Relations as follows —
That is to Say to be Equally Divided Between Elizabeth
Evans wife of John Evans of madbury afors'* and Martha Flood
both the Daughters of my Brother Moses Commins Deceased
and to their heirs & assigns —
Item I Give and Bequeath unto the Society of People Called
Quakers in the Town of Dover in Said Province Twenty five
pounds Lawful money of said Province to be Paid the overseers
of Said Society within one Year after my Decease by my Exec"
out of my Estate and to be at the Discretion of the Said Over-
seers to be used for the Benefit of the Society —
Item it is my will That my Negroman Named Boston and
Negro woman Named Coor Shall at and after my Decease have
their Freedom and be no Longer used as Slaves nor Sold as Such
and Shall also have During their Natural Lives y" free use &
Liberty of the North Easterly Room in the house where I now
Live also During as afor^ to have an allowance out of my Estate
to Comfortably Support them Besides what their Labour may
Produce them to be allowed them at the Discretion of my
Exec" (untill they may Settle & Deliver the Estate to the heirs
according to the intent of these presents) and after that to have
366 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
a Comfortable Support allowed them by my heirs that Enjoys
the Estate —
Item I Give unto the Parish of madbury afors"^ five pounds
Lawful money to be Paid unto whom the Parish may appoint to
receive it out of my Estate by my Exec" to be Improved towards
Supporting a School in Said Parish —
and I Do hereby make ordain Constitute & appoint Eli
Demerit and Ebenezer Demerit Both of madbury afors*^ and
Ebenezer Thompson of Durham my Executors * * *
Sarh dam
[Witnesses] Remembrance Clark, Robert Hill, Eli Demeritt
Juner, Job Demeret.
[Proved June 24, 1767.]
[Inventory, July 16, 1767; amount, £1735. 12. 2; signed by
Ephraim Hanson and John Wingate; an addition of £79. 7. 3
was made July 25, 1769.]
[Account of the executors; receipts, £904. 11. 5, personal
estate; expenditures, £479. 16. 7; allowed Aug. 30, 1769.]
SAMUEL GRINDALL 1766 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I Samuel Grendal of Portsmouth
in the Province of New Hampshire in New England Mason
Being very Sick and Weak of Body * * *
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Son Samuel Grendal the
one half part of that Land I Purchased of Hannah Hughes which
makes him the whole Lot with that part he purchased of me
(Provided he Be Edjected out of it & Loose it) He shall Come in
with his Brother & Sister Daniel & mary hereafter named for an
Equal share in that house & Land I Purchased of John Abbot
Also I Give unto my son Samuel the one half of my house & Land
at Gosport on the Isle of sholes in New Hampshire Aforesaid —
Item I Give unto my son Daniel Grindel the one half of my
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 367
house & Land I now Live in which I purchased of John Abbot —
Also the one half of my house and Land at Gosport on the Isle of
Sholes in New Hampshire aforesaid (Except that my Son Samuel
shall Be Edjected out of that Land I Purchased of Hanah Hughes
& Loose it — Then my son Samuel shall Come in with his
Brother Daniel Grindel & mary Grindel with an Equal share in
the house & Land I Purchased of John Abbot —
I Give unto my Daughter mary Grindel the one half of my
house & Land I now Live in which I Purchased of John Abbott
— also I Give unto my Daughter Mary Grindel my Pew in the
meeting house at Gosport on the Isle of Sholes in New Hamp-
shire aforesaid (Except that my Son Samuel shall be Ejected out
of that Land I Purchased of Hannah Hughes and Loose it
Then my Son Samuel Grindel shall Come in with his Brother
Daniel Grindel & Mary Grindel with an Equal Share in the
house & Land I Purchased of John Abbot
Item I Give & Bequeath unto my well Beloved wife mary
Grindel (whome I make my Executrix with my Son Samuel to
See this my will & testament preformed) the one third part of all
my Estate Both real & personal of what kind or Nature whatso-
ever Dureing her Life and after her Decease all the personal
Estate to be Equaly Divided Amongest my three Children
Sam'' Daniel & mary Except her wearing Apparrel to be at her
own Disposel
and I Do hereby revoke Disannul & make void all former wills
and Testaments By me made Ratifying this to be my Last will
and no other In witness whereof I the said Samuel Grindel have
Set my hand & Seal this Seventeenth Day of December Annoque
Domini 1766
Samuel Grendel
[Witnesses] Ichabod Clark, John Tucker, Cyprian Jeffry.
[Proved Jan. 21, 1767.]
[Inventory, Jan. 27, 1767; amount, £159. i. 6; signed by John
Wendell and Samuel Hall.]
368 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Warrant, Aug. 20, 1768, authorizing Samuel Penhallow and
John Wendell, gentleman, both of Portsmouth, to receive
claims against the estate.]
[List of claims; amount, £125. o. o; signed by John Wendell
and John Parker.]
Province of 1 Pursuant to a Warrant directed to us the
New Hamp'' / Subscribers from the Hon''^^ John Wentworth
Esq^^ Judge of the Probate of Wills &c=' for said Province, Author-
izing us to sett off the Widows Thirds in the Estate of Sam^
Grindal late of Portsm° dec^, We have proceeded on s*^ Business
and have sett off to Mary Grindal the Widow of said Samuell,
the Western half of the late Dwelling House of the deceased with
the Priviledge of a free Passage into the front Door & of the
Stairs to go up into y" Chamber & Garrett also all the Garden
belonging to the Same beginning at the S West Corner of the
House thence to Run about three feet to a Cherry Tree in s<^
Garden, from thence to run Southerly to the Land of Ichabod
Clarke and so Westerly, Northerly and Easterly, as said Garden
is now infenced and Improved, for the Sole Use & Benefit of said
Mary & her assigns during her Life As Witness our Hands this
20*^ day of October 1768 —
Mark Langdon
Tho^ Peirce
John Wendell
[Account of the executors; receipts, £121. 13. 8; expenditures,
£33- 13- 8; allowed Feb. 28, 1771.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £125. o. o; amount
distributed, £88. o. o; allowed July 3, 1771.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 369
JEAN SMITH 1766 LONDONDERRY
In the Name of God amen I Jean Smith of Londonderry In
the province of Newhampshire widow being weake in Bodey
* * *
Itam I will and bequith unto my Son In Law James todd and
suseanna his wife all my Reail estat and Improvments theron
and two Cows he paying to my Son william Smith thirtey five
pounds Lawfoull money for which my Said Son hath my note
for the Sam to be paid at my Dath; and also to pay the after
bequethments; and my funural Charges
Itam I will and bequith to my Gran Doughter Jean Smith
adams fiften pounds Lawfoull money to be paid to hir when She
arives at the age of twintey one years
Itam I will and bequith to my Gran Son andrew petterson five
pounds Lawfoull money to be paid to him when he arives at the
age of twintey one years
Itam I will and bequith to my Said Gran Doughter Jean
Smith adams my bede and Courtiens and furnuture ther to
belongin
Itam I will and bequith to my Gran Doughter Rachel petter-
son my Dask
Itam I will and bequith to my Son william Smith Six Shillings
Lawfoull money
Itam I will and bequith to James petterson and Rachel his
wife Six Shillings Lawfoull money
Itam I will and bequith to Jonathan adams and Sarah his wife
Six Shillings Lawfoull money
Itam I will and bequth to my above Said Son In Law James
todd and Susanna his wife all the Remening part of my personal
estat that is not allredey bequithed
And I Do make and ordain my Son In Law James todd exacu-
ture to this my Last will and testement Reatifing this and no
other to be my Last will and testement
In testemoney of all before written I the Said Jean Smith
have hear unto Satte my hand and Seal this twintey third Day
370 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
of December and In the year of our Lord one thousand Seven
hundred and Sixtey and Six and In the Seventh year of his
majesty's Rign &c
and I Jean Smith Do Declaire and pronounce this and no other
to be my Last will and testement
hir
Jean X Smith
mark
[Witnesses] John Bell, Abraham Duncan, Samuel Barr.
[Proved Nov. 29, 1767.]
SAMUEL BRACKETT 1766
[Guardianship of Love Brackett, aged less than 14 years, daugh-
ter of Samuel Brackett, granted to Joseph Jenness Dec. 24,
1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 326.]
[Bond of Joseph Jenness, with Samuel Jenness as surety,
both of Rye, in the sum of £500, Dec. 24, 1766, for the guardian-
ship of Love Brackett, aged less than 14 years, daughter of
Samuel Brackett, son of Samuel Brackett, deceased; witnesses,
William Parker, Sarah Parker.]
JOSEPH BEAN 1766 KINGSTON
In the Name of God Amen I Joseph Bean of Kingston In the
Province of Newhampshire in New England Inholder Being ill &
weak in body * * *
Imprimis my will is that all my Just Debts & funeral Charges
shall be pay'd & discharged by my two Sons Joseph & Peter
Bean, Joseph to pay two thirds & Peter the other third thereof —
Item To my Wife Hannah Bean I will & Bequeath the west fore
1
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 371
Room in my house & the Chamber over it & the West garret in
my now Dwelling house for her use & improvement she taking my
Daughter Sarah to live & improve with her therein During life &
also one third part of the Cellar & also a priviledge of doing her
work in the back Room in my house during life — & also 1 will &
bequeath to my Said wife the Improvement of One third of
Each of my two places in the East Parish in Kingston Viz*^
the place I live upon & the other the place that I bought of
Benjamin Sleeper late of Kingston Deceas'd during life & also
two of my cows & all my houshold furniture Except my Clock &
great Bible to be her own & at her own dispose & so much of my
Barn as Shall be needfull to keep the two Cows in & the hay for
their Support yearly during her life —
Item To my Daughter Miriam the Wife of Jacob French I
will the Sum of Twenty Pounds lawful money of This Province
to be paid her by my Son Joseph the one half of it within two
years after my decease & the other half of it within two years
after that
Item To my Daughter Margaret the Wife of Lieutenant
Nathan Bacheller I will the Sum of twenty Pounds Lawfull
Money of this Province to be paid her within Two Years after
my decease the one half of it by my Son Joseph the other half by
my Son Peter —
Item To my Daughter Sarah I will the sum of thirty shillings
lawfull money of this Province a Year to be paid her that is the
Said Sum of thirty Shillings law full money of this Province
Every Year during her Natural life the one half to be paid by
my Son Joseph the other half of it by my Son Peter — & in Case
she outlives her mother that she shall have the priviledge in the
house as she had with her —
Item — To my Son Joseph Bean I give that part of my house
& Barn that I have not appropriated to his mother & two Thirds
of my homested place & after his mothers decease the whole
thereof to him & his heirs & assigns forever reserving only the
priviledge in the house to his Sister Sarah if she outlives her
372 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
mother as Is before mentioned to her as also two thirds of my
Stock of Cattle Swine &c & my Clok & my great Bible & also two
thirds of my tools & implements for husbandry — & my Desk
Item To my Son Peter Bean I give two thirds of my lower
place which I bought of Benjamin Sleeper late of Kingston De-
ceas'd & after his mothers decease the whole of it with the house
& barn thereon to him & the heirs of his Body Lawfully begotten
forever & one yoke of Small Cattle —
Item my land in Nottingham I give as follows Namely two
Thirds thereof to my Son Joseph & the other third to my Son
Peter to them their heirs & Assigns forever —
Item my other lands in Kingston not disposed of in this my
will by me I give to my Daughter Frenches Eldest Son to him
his Heirs & assigns forever — ■
Item — my will is that my Son Joseph shall find his mother
an horse with bridle Saddle & Pillion when she shall want to ride
abroad as long as she shall live in the house —
Item the rest of my Stock not disposed of in this my will I give
to my Son Joseph & the rest of my Tools & implements for Hus-
bandry Excepting two Chains which I give to my son Peter —
Item my Right in a New township granted by the Name of
Unity I give the one half to my two grandchildren Joseph
French & Joseph Bacheller to be Equally divided between them
the other half of it to my Son Joseph & my Son in law Nathan
Bacheller to pay them for Carrying on the right which I hereby
will them to do
Item — my will is & I do hereby Appoint Wiliam Parker of
kingston Esquire & my Son Joseph Bean to be Sole Executors to
This my last will & Testament hereby revoking & disannulling
All former & other wills & Testaments by me heretofore Or-
dain'd & made — In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & Seal this Thirtieth day of December Anno Domini One
Thousand Seven hundred & Sixty Six & in The Seventh Year of
his Majesties Reign —
Joseph Bean
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 373
[Witnesses] Frances Bachelder, Timothy Tilton, Nath' Bachel-
lor.
[Proved Jan. 12, 1767.]
[Warrant, Jan. 12, 1767, authorizing Ebenezer Collins and
Nathaniel Batchelder, both of Kingston, gentlemen, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, March 2, 1767; amount, £956. 4. 2; signed by
Ebenezer Collins and Nathaniel Batchelder.]
Know all men : That Pursuant to the Request of Hannah Bean
widow & relict of Joseph Bean late of Kingstown in the Province
of New Hamps: deceasd & her son Peter Bean of Kingstown
yeoman made to us the subscribers to set off to the s'* Hannah
her right of Dower in the Homestead liveing of the s'^ Peter, after
haveing viewed the premisses & maturely Considered the mat-
ter, have proceeded & set off to the s^ Hannah for her Right of
Dower in the s'^ premisses viz: the Homestead liveing of the s^
Peter as followeth viz : Beginning at the High way & joyning to
land of the hereafter Named Phinehas Bachelder, & from thence
to run westerly by s^ Bachelders land till it Comes to land or
meadow ground belonging to the Hiers of Jedidiah Philbrick
Esq' deceasd, then Northerly by s^ Philbricks land, or meadow
ground, twenty rods to a stake, then Easterly to the High way
first mentioned to a stake then southerly by the s*^ High way 20
rods to the place where it first began; Eighteen acres more or
Less; and the Lower room & Chamber in the Easterly End of
the Dwelling House; & one Third of the Cellar; one Third part
of the Barn also; at the westerly End thereof: In witness whereof
we do hereunto set our hands & seals the 26^^ day of November
Annoq Domini 1767 in the Eighth year of his majesties Reign &c
Phinehas Batchelor
Jeremy Webster
[Hannah Bean and Peter Bean accept the division Nov. 26,
1767; witnesses, Jeremy Webster, Phineas Batchelder.]
374 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Petition of Hannah Bean of East Kingston, March 30, 1779,
for the setting off of her dower, "Being now Reduced to Straits
and difficulties by the Inlargement of my family"; witnesses,
Jonathan Collins, Joseph Welch.]
State of New 1 Pursuant to a Warrant from the Hon-
Hampshire \ orable Phillips White Esq'' Judge of the
Rockingham ss J Probate of wills &c for said county Pointing
to us the Subscribers a Committee to set off to Hannah Bean
widow of Joseph Bean Late of Kingston in said county yeoman
deceased her dower which happens to her of the estate of her
Late husband of which he died Seized We having viewed and
Measured the said estate do hereby agree to make the following
Return viz we have Set off to the said widow Twenty Seven acres
on the Easterly Side of home Place Bounded as followeth viz
Begining at a Stake and Stones at the northerly side of the Barn
Running Southeasterly about Twenty five Rods to a Beach Tree
which is the northwesterly corner Bounds of the Personage
thence Running southerly by the westerly side of said Personage
untill it comes to the Southeasterly Bounds of the said home
Place thence Running northwesterly about Twenty four Rod }4
Rods to a stake and stones by Land of Cap* Richard Boynton,
thence northerly about one hundred and seventy three Rods to
a maple Tree marked thence north eleven degrees west Ten
Rods to a stake & stones thence north thirty degrees East to the
Southeasterly corner of the Longest Barn thence including the
Lesser Barn to the Bounds first mentioned also another small
piece of Land in said home place contining about one Quarter of
an acre Bounded as followeth viz Begining at the midle of the
door on the southerly side of the house Running southwesterly to
the southwesterly corner of the Shop thence northwesterly to an
oak Tree marked and onwards to the highway thence by said
highway northeasterly to the midle of the house on the northerly
side Including So much of the house as is Spacified in the will of
said deceased and Excluding all other Buildings on said piece
which Belongs to the other Two thirds also a priviledge to pass
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 375
and Repass to and from the well which first piece above named
is Represented in the Plan hereto annexed By the Letter A and
the Smaller piece by the Letter B and the other Two thirds by the
Letter C & D Secondly we have set off to said widow another
piece situate in kingston aforesaid commonly called the Sleeper
Place Bounded as foUoweth viz Begining at a Stake and Stones
by the highway Leading from South hampton to Exeter which
stake is at the corner Between the Land of Capt Phinehas
Bachelder & Said Joseph Bean from thence Running westerly on
the Line Between said Bachelder and said Bean untill it comes
to Land of Samuel Philbrook Esq'' late of said kingston deceased
thence northerly by said Philbrooks Land or meadow ground
Twenty one Rods and thirteen feet to a Stake and Stones
thence Easterly on a Straight Line till it comes to a stake and
stones by said highway which stake and stones stands by a
Maple Tree by Said highway thence Southerly by said highway
about Twenty Two Rods to the Bounds first mentioned which
part set off as thirds is Represented in the annexed Plan by the
Letter E and the other Two third by the Letter F
the Said Premises abovesaid we have Set off and divided to the
Best of our Judgment in Testimony whereof we have hereunto
Set our hands this Eighth day of April anno Domini 1779
Benj" Prescott
John Sanbun
Jere. Bachelder
Samuel Stevens
Moses Flanders
Committee
A Plan of the Land of Joseph Bean Late of kingston deceased
which he died siezed of, the home place is Represented by figure
first the third set off in said figure contains Twenty Seven acres
and the other Two third contains sixty six acres and in figure
second the thirds contains Twenty acres and a half and the other
Two thirds contains forty acres three Quarters and Ten Rods
[Bond of Joseph Hilliard of Kensington, with Benjamin
376
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
?ne ai-ove Flans X.Aid cL«wn iy a. •Sca7<. «^ iforiy holes fo an
in.c?i Ta.Xren »^rxl .f fjjf 3y /TZoafs iF^And<7-J Skivk-wot
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 377
French of Kingston as surety, in the sum of £1000, Aug. 20,
1779, to prosecute his appeal against the decision of the com-
mittee to set off the widow's dower; witnesses, Nathaniel
Parker, WilHam Parker.]
SAMUEL HANSON 1766 EPPING
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Hanson of Epping,
yeoman, granted to Sarah Hanson Dec. 31, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 329.]
[Bond of Sarah Hanson of Epping, widow, with Andrew French
and Andrew French, Jr., both of Stratham, yeomen, as sureties,
in the sum of £500, Dec. 31, 1766, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Ziba Foss, William Parker.]
[Inventory, April 28, 1767; amount, £1111. 12. o; signed by
Ezekiel Brown and Abraham Perkins.]
[Warrant, May 28, 1783, authorizing Jonathan Swain of Ray-
mond, Ezekiel Godfrey of Poplin, gentleman, Simon Dearborn,
gentleman, Thomas Norris, and Josiah Norris, yeomen, all of
Epping, to set off the widow's dower.]
[Citation to the administratrix, March 17, 1784, to render an
account.]
Rockingham ss We the Subscribers being appointed a Com-
mittee by the Hon'" Philips White Esq"" Judge of the Probats of
wills &c for Said County to Set off to Sarah Hanson widow her
Dower or thirds which happens to her of the Estate of her late
Husband Samuel Hanson late of Epping in Said County Yeoman
Decesed and accordingly we have don it in the following manner viz :
Wee have set of about Sixty five acres of land be the Same
More or less Bounded as follows Beginning at the northwest
Corner of thirty Seven acres of Land Said Wido Sold to her Son
Andrew Hanson at the highway leading to Poplin and Runs
378 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Southerly Binding on Sd Andrews Sd land to a grant on Pis-
casieck River then Runs westerly binding on Said grant to Land
Abraham Sanborn Purchased of Said Wido at a Stake and Stones
and Runs Notherly Binding on Sd Sanborns and on Richard
Cliffords land to ten acres of land Said Widow Sold to Said An-
drew to the Northeast Corner of said ten acres to a Stake &
stones then Runs Northerly to a Stake and Stones at the South-
east Corner of two acres of land Said Andrew Purchased of Said
Widow and Runs Notherly Binding on said two acres to a Stake
and Stones at the aforesaid highway and Runs Easterly Binding
on Said highway to the Bounds first mentioned with y^ Orchard
on the Same Excepting two thirds of the Buildings on the Same
and Leaveing out of the Premises a Previledge on said Land
Conveniant to Pass and Repass to and from & carrying on Live-
ing and Improveing the two thirds of the house and Barn on
Said farm: also for yards for Cattle wood gardens &c and for
passing to and from Said highway to Sd buildings at all times
with horses Carts and Loose Cattle or Anything said two thirds
may need at all times in Some Suitable Place to Pass on as
aforesaid —
Also the two west ground Rooms in Said house with the
Southwest Chamber and the garret over sd Chamber and also a
Previledge in the Cechen to wash Bake Brew or any other work
she may have ocasion to do in Said Room : Also a Previledge in
the Dairy for seting milk or any other use she may want: also
the Entry to the middle of the fore Dore and stair way to Im-
prove Sd Chamber Room: and one third of the Cellar Under the
East End of Said house viz the north end of sd Cellar — and also
the middle of Said Barn Begining at the middle of the East Barn
floor and Runs westerly to the East Side of the west Barn floor
Carrying the wedth through Said Barn and to the Ruf of Said
Barn Given Under our hands att Epping May y« 27*^ 1784
Jon^ Swain
Thomas Norris
Ezek^ Godfrey
I
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 379
SAMUEL DOE 1767 NEWMARKET
In the name of God amen the Sixth day of January Anno
Domini one thousand Seven hundred Sixty and Seven I Samuel
Doe of New Market in the Province of newhampshire in new-
england Gent. Being Sick & week of Body * * *
Imprimis First I give & bequeath to my well beloved wife
Abigail Doe all my Personal Estate of Every kind as Containing
all my Live Stock & Household Goods & wairing apperril &
Sofourth it being all my Estate Except what is Real Estate &
Except So much out of y* Live Stock as I Shall hereafter in this
Instrument order to my Executor to pay the Charge of my fun-
eral & pay all my Just Debts & the Lagacies hereafter mentioned
in this Instrument
Secondly I give & bequeath to my DutyfuU Son Samuel Doe
fifty pounds Lawfull money which fifty pounds is Due to me
from my Son Broadstreet Doe as will appear by a note from under
his hand for fifty pounds Proclamation money Date august the
third 1765 —
thirdly I give and bequeath to my Dutyfull Sons Johnathan
Doe Zebulon Doe & Lemuel Doe Equally Divided between
them all the Right title Interest Claim Challange or Demand
which I have or ought to have of in or unto that town or Tract
of Land Called & Known by the name of New Durham Laying
in newhampshire upon the head of Rochester to be to them &
their heirs & assigns for ever as afore Said —
Item I give & bequeath to my Dutyfull Son John Doe five
Shillings Lawfull money Exclusive of the Land whereon he now
Lives of which I have given him a Deed —
Item I give & bequeath to my Dutyfull Daughter Abigail
Doe fifty pounds Lawfull money to be paid by my Executor
hereafter named Emeadatly after my Decease —
Item I give & bequeath to my Dutyfull Son Broadstreet Doe
all the Remainder of my Estate & I do hereby Constitute make
and ordain my Said Son Broadstreet Doe my Sole Executor of
this my Last will & testament & hereby order & Direct that my
380 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
s^ Executor give me a Decent Christian Burial & that the Cost
thereof be paid out of my Live Stock as before mentioned &
that he also pay all my Just Debts & Receive all those Debts
Due to me & pay all the Legacies ordered in this Instrument
and I do hereby utterly Disalow Revoke & Disanull all and
Every other former testament will or bequeathment by me made
Ratifieing & Confirming this and no other to be my Last will &
testament In witness whereof I have here unto Set my hand &
Seal the Day & year above written —
his
Samuel X Doe
mark
[Witnesses] Nicholas Doe, Walter Bryent, franses kinsten.
[Proved Feb. 6, 1767.]
[Abigail Doe, widow, waives inventory Feb. 7, 1767; witnesses,
Lemuel Doe, Andrew Barley.]
[Bond of Bradstreet Doe of Durham, yeoman, with John
Lane of Durham, yeoman, and Joseph Cilley, Jr., of Notting-
ham, gentleman, as sureties, in the sum of £500, March 4,
1767, for the execution of the will; witnesses, William Parker,
Nathaniel Folsom, Jr.]
JOHN COLLINS 1767 WINDHAM
[Administration on the estate of John Collins of Windham,
yeoman, granted to John Collins of Windham, yeoman, Jan. 7,
1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 387.]
[Bond of John Collins, with John Armstrong and Joseph
Clyde, yeomen, as sureties, all of Windham, in the sum of £500,
Jan. 7, 1767, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
Samuel Morrison, John Clyde.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 38 1
[Inventory, Jan. 20, 1767; amount, £152. 15. o; signed by
Samuel Morrison and John Clyde.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £99. 6. i, personal
estate; expenditures, £42. 17. 5^; mentions a widow and six
children; allowed June i, 1768.]
[Elizabeth Collins renounces administration on the estate of
her husband, John Collins, not administered by John Collins,
Jr., February 11, 1769; witness, S. Livermore.]
[Administration granted to James Betton Feb. 22, 1769.]
[Probate Records, vol. 25, p. 365.]
[Bond of James Betton, with John Webster of Hampstead
and James Paul of Londonderry, yeoman, as sureties, in the
sum of £500, Feb. 22, 1769, for the administration de bonis non
of the estate, John Collins, Jr., being deceased; witnesses,
Robert Wallace, Samuel Hale, Jr.]
[Warrant, Feb. 22, 1769, authorizing Samuel Campbell, yeo-
man, Samuel Morrison, and James Gilmore, gentlemen, to set
off the widow's dower.]
Province of "I Pursuant to an Order from the Hon''"'
New Hampshire /John Wentworth Esq"^ Judge of Probate of
wills for Said Province appointing us a Com*"" to Set off to
Elisebath Collins widow of John Collins late of Windham afore-
said yeoman Deceased her Dower which happens to her of the
Rale Estate of her Late husband also her Dower of the Real
Estate of John Collins Ju' Late of Said Windham yeoman
Deceas*^ which they the Said John Collins & John Collins Ju"^
Died Seized of —
Accordingly we have set off the said Dower of Said Estates by
Proper metes & Bounds which is as follows (viz) — Beginning
at a stake at the south East Side of the Road to the South of
the house then South East by the line of the Estate of the said
John Collins Ju"" Deceas"* to a meadow known by the Name
382 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
of Moors Back Meadow then northerly by the Bounds of the
Said Meadow to the line of Phillips land then by the line of Said
Phillips land about ten Rods to a pitch pine tree marked then
South 72 Degrees west to a white oak tree Marked then north
12 Deg" west to the afores'^ Road then South Westerly by Said
Road to the Bounds first Mentioned — also the northly third
part of the said Back meadow Bounding by the fence to a birch
marked then westerly across to a stake on the upland then
northerly by the upland to the fence afores'^ together with a right
in the Dwelling house — and the west Bay of the Barn Except-
ing the upper part of the South Scaffold allowing to the said
Widow a priviledge to and from the said Barn — also of the Barn
yeard together with the well —
Also a priviledge of a Suficiency of wood for one fire at the
South Part of Said lot Bounded on the South by the Estate of
the abovesaid John Collins Ju"" Deceas*^ & Easterly by Cobets
Pond So Called northerly by Said Phillips land and so to the
Back meadow So Called we being Duly sworn to our Imper-
tiality herein Daf^ at Windham march 18 1769
Sam^' M orison
James Gillmore
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £24. 4. o; expendi-
tures, £24. 17. I; mentions Margaret Collins, minor, one of the
heirs, Mary Collins, John Armstrong, who received payment for
the share of John Collins, deceased, one of the heirs; allowed
Oct. 25, 1769.]
[Petition of Alexander Park of Windham, yeoman, April 21,
1802, for a division of land, stating that "he is interest (by
Purchase) with others in about one hundred Acres of Land lying
in Windham aforesaid late belonging to the Estates of John
Collins & John Collins Jun"" late of said Windham dec"^ — That
to your Petitioner belongs One Sixth part of said Land to Eliza-
beth Collins of New Boston One Sixth & to David Gregg of said
Windham, by purchase, four Sixths."]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 383
JOHN GREGG 1767 WINDHAM
[Administration on the estate of John Gregg of Windham
yeoman, granted to David Gregg of Windham Jan. 7, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 331.)
[Bond of David Gregg, with WilHam Gregg and John Clyde,
yeoman, as sureties, all of Windham, in the sum of £500,
Jan. 7, 1767, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
Abraham Page, James Wason.]
[Warrant, Jan. 7, 1767, authorizing James Dunlap and John
Clyde, both of Windham, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Jan. 24, 1767; amount, £116. 19. 8; signed by
James Dunlap and John Clyde.]
[Guardianship of Hannah Gregg, minor, aged more than 14
years, granted to Samuel Campbell March 25, 1769.]
[Probate Records, vol. 25, p. 548.]
[Bond of Samuel Campbell of Windham, husbandman, with
James Paul of Londonderry, husbandman, as surety, in the sum
of £50, March 25, 1769, for the guardianship of Hannah Gregg,
minor, aged more than 14 years, daughter of John Gregg
of Windham; witnesses, Samuel Livermore, John Prentice.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £300. 13. 5; expendi-
tures, £262. 13. 7; allowed May 30, 1771.]
MOSES OILMAN, Jr. 1767 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of Moses Oilman, Jr., of Exeter,
yeoman, granted to Eliphalet Giddings Jan. 13, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 321.]
[Bond of Eliphalet Giddings, innholder, with Thomas Bond
and Nathaniel Giddings, mariners, as sureties, all of Exeter, in
384 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
the sum of £500, Jan. 13, 1767, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, William Parker, John Parker.]
[Warrant, Jan. 13, 1767, authorizing Nicholas Oilman,
gentleman, and Theophilus Oilman, blacksmith, both of Exeter,
to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Jan. 19, 1767; amount, £36. i. 6; signed by
Theophilus Oilman and Nicholas Oilman.]
JOHN ANDERSON 1767 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of John Anderson of Ports-
mouth, mariner, granted to Thomas Bixby Jan. 16, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 322.]
[Bond of Thomas Bixby, mariner, with Joseph Jackson,
housewright, and Peter Babb, joiner, as sureties, all of Ports-
mouth, in the sum of £500, Jan. 16, 1767, for the administration
of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, Robert Parks.]
[Inventory, Feb. 17, 1767; amount, £11. i. o; signed by John
Oardner and John Marshall.]
JOSEPH ESTES 1767 DOVER
In the Name of Ood Amen — This sixteenth Day of January
Anno Domini One thousand seven Hundred & sixty seven, I Jo'
Estes of the Town of Dover in the Province of New Hampshire
in New England Blacksmith being advanced in years * * *
Item I Oive & Bequeath unto my well beloved wife Mary
Estes the one fourth part of the Income or produce of my lands
which is to be Improved secured & Housed in a good Husbandlike
manner & Conveniently & for the use Improvement or Disposal
of my said wife During her natural life & I also Bequeath unto
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 385
my said wife a sufficiency of good fire wood for one fire to be
Cut up in suitable lenths for the fire place & to be Conveniently
Housed for her as she may see cause During her natural life &
I also Bequeath unto my said wife the use & Improvement of
the one fourth part of my Dwelling house & Barn During her
natural life & to be at her own Choice which part of either as it
may best suite her & I also Bequeath unto my said wife one good
& likely Cow for one provided for her my Execu* which to give
milch, all seasons of the year & the said Cow to be milch'd &
the milch to be brought into the House to her & for her own use
During her natural life all of which Is to be fulfilled procured
performed by my Exec' his heirs Execu* admin" during the
natural life of my said wife as aforesaid & I also allow to &
Bequeath unto my said wife During her natural life all my
Household furniture of any kind whatsoever for her use &
improvement as she may have Occasion to make use of Excepting
giving or Disposing any part thereof to any person or persons
whatsoever, which I Do hereby Disallow her so to do —
Item I Bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Varney & unto her
heirs the one third part of my Household furniture to be Deliv-
ered her by my Execu* after the Death of me & my wife I also
Give & Bequeath unto my said Daughter Mary Varney fifty
pounds lawful money In Value in a sort of lumber sold at the
Common landing in Dover & there to be Dilivered or in the
produce all to be p'd at the Currant market price & to be paid
by my Execu* in the following manner Viz One third part within
one year next after my Decease one third part more to be paid
within three years next after my Decease & the other third part
to be paid within five years next after my Decease & my will is
that if my said Daughter shou'd die before the expiration of
said Terms of payments then the aforesaid sums not to be paid
till her Children come of lawful age then to be paid them in Equal
proportion & in Case my said Daughter shoud Die before the
said sums are to be paid her & her Children Dies before they
arrive to lawful age then my will is that my Execu* his heirs
386 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Execu*' admin'^ have hold & Enjoy all & every part Bequeathed
as a foresaid to my said Daughter
Item I Give & Bequeath unto my Grandaughter Sarah Han-
son & to her Heirs the one third part of all my Household
furniture & to be Delivered her or heirs by my Execu* after the
Death of me & my wife & also Give & Bequeath unto my said
Grandaughter Sarah Hanson fifty pounds lawful money In Value
in any sort of lumber sold at the Common landings in Dover &
There to be Delivered or in the produce of my said farm all of
which to be paid at the Common Market price & to be paid by
my Executer in the following manner Viz One third part thereof
within six years next after my decease one third part more within
eight next after my Decease & the other third within ten years
next after my Decease & if my said Grandaughter should Die
before the expirations of the aforesaid payments then my Will
is that said Legacies be paid her Children or Child in Equal
proportion if any she have when they come to lawful age & if
my s'd Grandaughter have Children & they Die before they ar-
rive to lawful age then my Execu* pay & fulfil to my said Daugh-
ter Mary Varney or her Heirs as aforesaid at the aforesaid terms
of payments & in the same the one half part of what is as before
mentioned Bequeathed to my said Grandaughter or her Children
if my said daughter Mary Varney or her Children be then live-
ing & of full & lawful age otherwise to my said Executor or
admin" own use & the other half part of what is as before
Bequeathed to my said Grandaughter or her Children to be to
the sole use & Benefit of my said Executors admin" or assigns
forever
Item I Give & Bequeath unto my well Beloved Son Elijah
Estes who I Hereby Constitute & make & ordain my sole
Execu* of this my last will & Testament all my lands &
Buildings of any kind whatsoever in the Town of Dover or
Rochester in said province or Elsewhere to be found & unto his
heirs & assigns forever as also the one third part of all my House-
hold furniture of any kind whatsoever left of the Decease of me
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 387
& my wife as also all my Husbandry or out door tools or utensils
of any kind whatsoever & all my stock of Cattle horses sheep &
swine & all other personal estate to be found & not before men-
tioned & my Will is that my said Executor pay all my honest &
lawful Debts & that he receive all debts due to me for his own
use & that he my said Executor fully & Faithfully performed in
every part thereof & I do Hereby Revoake & utterly Disannul
all & every other & Former Will & Testament by me in any
ways made heretofore I Hereby Ratifying & Confirming This & no
other to be my last will & Testament
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the
Day & year first above written —
Jo* Estes
[Witnesses] Tobias Twombly, Jacob Hanson, Epm"^ Hanson.
[Proved Sept. 27, 1770.]
JOSEPH HALL 1767 NEWMARKET
In the name of God Amen the Seventeenth Day of January
anno Domini one thousand Seven hundred Sixty & Seven I
Joseph Hall of newmarket in the Province of newhampshire in
newengland Esq'" being week of Body * * *
Imprimis I Give & Bequeath to Eunice Hall my beloved wife
all those things of Every Kind that She Brot with her to me
when & after I married her & belonged to her before marraige
all to be to her Sole Right & use over above & Exclusive of all
her Right of Dower & power of thirds in my Estate
Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter mary Sergant the one
fifth part of all my Real Estate Situate in newmarket afore Said
to be to her and to the heirs Lawfully Begotten on her Body
& their heirs & assigns forever But If She my Said Daughter
mary shall not have & Leave at her Death Such heir or heirs
then my will is that the Said one fifth part of my Said Real Estate
388 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
So Set off to her Shall at her Decease be to and among my other
Daughters in Equal Shairs & their Heirs Lawfully begotten as
afore Said & to the heirs of my Late Daughter Sarah Burleigh
Deceased viz John Burleigh Junior Sarah Hill & Deborah Bur-
leigh all they three to have a Shair Equal to one of my Said
Daughters & that Shair to be Equally Divided between them;
Said fifth part to be to them my Said Daughters & their Lawfull
heirs & their heirs & assigns forever —
Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth Hall the
one fifth part of my Said Real Estate to be to her and to the
heirs Lawfully begotten on her Body & their heirs and assigns for
ever But If She my Said Daughter Elizabeth Shall not have and
Leave at her Death Such heir or heirs then my will is that the
Said one fifth part of my Said Real Estate So Set off to her Shall
at her Decease be to and among my other Daughters in Equal
Shairs & their heirs Lawfully begotten as afore Said and to the
heirs of my Late Daughter Sarah Burleigh Deceased viz John
Burleigh Jun'' Sarah Hill & Deborah Burleigh all they three to
have a Shair Equal to one of my Said Daughters & that Shair to
be Equal between them Said fifth part to be to them my Said
Daughters & their Lawfull heirs & their heirs & assigns for-
ever —
Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Love Bartlet the
one fifth part of all my Said Real Estate to be to her & her heirs
& assigns for ever
Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Rebackah Adams
the one fifth part of all my Said Real Estate to be to her & her
heir and assigns forever
Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Deborah folsom the
one fifth part of all my Said Real Estate to be to her & the heirs
Lawfully begotten on her Body and their heirs and assigns for
ever But If she my Said Daughter Deborah shall not have &
Leave at her Death Such heir or heirs then my will is that the
Said one fifth part of my Said Real Estate So Set off to her shall
at her Decease be to and among my other Daughters and their
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 389
heirs Lawfully begotten as afor Said & the heirs of my Late
Daughter Sarah Burleigh Deceased (viz) John Burleigh Sarah
Hill & Deborah Burleigh all they three to have a Shair Equal
to one of my other Said Daughters to be Equally Divided be-
tween my Said Daughter her Said heirs to be to them my Said
Daughters & their Lawfull heirs & their heirs & assigns for
ever —
Item I give & bequeath to my well beloved Grand Children
John Burleigh Sarah hill & Deborah Burleigh the Children of
my Late Daughter Sarah Burleigh Deceased five Shillings Law-
full money Equal between them Exclusive of all the Land I
have given them by Deed of Gift
I hereby Constitute and appoint my Son in Law John Bur-
leigh of s*^ newmarket Gent my Sole Executor * * *
Jos. Hall
[Witnesses] Winthrop Hilton, William Dyer, Walter Bryent.
[Proved Dec. 30, 1767.]
Articles of an Agreement made and Concluded upon this
6*^ Day of April 1768 by and between Eunice Hall widow and
Relict of Joseph Hall late of Newmarket in the Province of New
Hampshire, Esq', deceased, and JVIary Sergent widow. Relict of
Fitz William Sergent late of Newmarkett Aforesaid deceased and
Elizabeth Hall of Newmarket afores^ single woman and Love
Bartlet widow and Relict of Israel Bartlet late of Newbury in
the County of Essex and Province of the Massachusetts Bay
Esq'^ deceased and Rebecah Adams widow and Relect of D''
Sam^' Adams late of Durham deceased and Jonathan Folsom of
Newmarkett aforesaid Gentleman and Deborah the wife of the
said Jonathan Folsom
Witnesseth that we the Said Eunice, Mary, Elisabeth Love
Rebecca Jonathan and Deborah Do by these Presents for our
selves Our Heirs Executors and Administrators Respectively
Covenant Promise and Ingage to and with each other that our
Respective Dowrys shares or Proportions of the Real Estate of
390 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Joseph Hall Esq' late of said Newmarkett deceased agreable to
the Last will and Testament of the said deceased shall be
Respectively Bounded as follows Viz That one Part of said
Eunice Hall's dowry of thirds is bounded south Easterly on the
Country Road; South Westerly on Lands in Possession of
Jonathan Colcord 3^ and William Odiorne North Westerly on
Ten acres of Land hereafter set off to the said Mary Sergent
Northeasterly on Lands in Possession of Gideon and Jonathan
Colcord, the Said Eunice Hall giving Liberty of Passing and
Repassing to and from the afores<* Ten Acres of Land forever —
the other Part of said Dowry of third is bounded as followeth
viz* beginning on the said Country Road & running N 56 W
through the Mansion House of the said Joseph Hall and from the
said House on the same Course Ten Rods thence North Thirty
Degrees West Eleven Rods thence N. 60. E. to Lands in Posses-
sion of Col. Winthorp Hilton thence Bounding on Col. Hiltons
Possession to the said Road and thence on said Road to the
Bounds first mentioned together with the East End Room on
the lower Floor of the said Mansion House and the East End
Garrot and one third of the Cellar with Necessary Priviledges
in the Stares Back Room and Chimney and one third of the
Barn near said House being the East End of said Barn with
Necessary Privilidges of Passing and Repassing — together
with one third Part of the said Joseph Halls Right in the griss
mill of Pissasick River — to be to her during Her natural Life in
this World —
The said Mary Sergant's share as given to her in said last will
and Testament is Counted as followeth (Viz) North Easterly
on Lands in Possession of Col Hilton North westerly on a high
way South Westerly on Rebecah Adams's share of said Estate
South easterly on the Widow's thirds together with one Sixth
part of said House together with the said Widows Thirds of
said House and Land adjoining after the Said Widow decease
together with the aforementioned ten Acres of Land the same
being bounded as follows (Viz*) North westerly and North
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 39 1
Easterly on Lands of Gideon and Jonathan Colcord South-
easterly on the Widow's thirds aforesaid Southwesterly on
Lands in Possession of William Odiorne —
The Said Elizabeth Hall's share as given her in said Will is
bounded as follows Viz' beginning on the Road one Rod and a
half Southeasterly of Piscassick River at the Bridge and running
N 44° East to Land in Possession of Walter Neal thence bounding
on the Several Lands of said Walter Neal the Heirs of James
Marston and the Heirs of Samuel Neal deceased, to the said Road
thence on said Road to the Bounds first mentioned — together
with the House and Barn standing on the Same and two thirds
of the said Joseph Halls Right in said Griss Mill and also the
Widows third of the same after her decease.
Love Bartlet's share as given her in said will is bounded
Northwestly on said Elizabeth Hall's share south westerly on
the Highway Southeasterly on three Acres of Land set off the
said Jonathan Folsom and Wife Northeasterly on Walter Neal's
Land — • and the said Rebecah's Share as given her in said Will
is bounded as followeth (Viz) beginning on the Road and Run-
ning N. 56 W. through said mansion House Ten Rods beyond the
same thence No 30 W Twenty five Rods thence N. 48° W to a
highway thence Bounding on the last mentioned Highway and
Lands of Edward Hall Esq"" and the first mentioned Highway to
the Bounds first mentioned together with the westerly Half of
said Mansion House and Two thirds of the Barn — - Reserving
Liberty of Passing and Repassing to and from Said Mary Ser-
gents share forever — and the said Jonathan and Deborah
their share as given them in said Will is bounded southeasterly
on the Highway leading from Newmarkett to Nottingham
southwesterly on Joseph Merels Land North westerly on Land
belonging to John Burleigh Jun'' and others Northeastly on
Lands of Col Winthorp Hilton — together with Three Acres of
Land Adjoining to the Road at the south east End of Love
Bartletts Share — and the said Joseph Hall's Wright in the
Sawmill on Piscassick River —
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And it is further agreed on that in Case the s*^ Joseph Halls
Right to the aforesaid Premeses should fail and either of Said
Parties Loose their respective share or any Part thereof by final
Judgement and Execution then in Such Case we are Each one
to bear pay and discharge an Equal share of the Loss sustained
by such Law Suits —
And we the said Eunice Mary Elisabeth Love Rebecah
Jonathan and Deborah Do for our selves and our Respective
Heirs Executors Administrators and assigns Covenant Promise
and Ingage to each other that we will stand to and Abide by
all and every of the aforesaid Agreements according to the Ten'
thereof In Testimony whereof we have hereunto set our Hands
and Seals the Day and year aforesaid
her
Eunice X Hall
mark
Mary Sargant
. Elizabeth Hall
her
Love X Bartlet
mark
Rebeckah Adams
Jonathan Folsom
Deborah Folsom
[Witnesses] Sam'^ Baker, Wentworth Cheswill, Hubartus Neal.
[Province Deeds, vol. 94, p. 333.]
JOSEPH EASTMAN 1767 KINGSTON
In the Name of God Amen : I Joseph Eastman of Kingstown in
the Province of New Hamps"^ in New England Husbandman
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 393
Imp" I Give & Bequeath unto Patience my now dearly be-
loved wife the one Half of my Home place where I now live for
her to use Improve & take the profits; with the one Half of my
Dwelling House & the one Half of my Barn; all for her to enjoy
use & Improve so long as she remains my widow; and in Case of
her Second Marriage then to relinquish the same Moreover I
Give to my s^^ wife all my stock of Creatures abroad ; it being the
one Half of the whole stock (the other Half being my sons) with
all my moveable goods & effects within doors to her, her Hiers
& assigns for ever, and to be at her dispose; also all my Debts,
I Give to my s** wife —
Item I Give & Bequeath to my well beloved son Joseph East-
man jun"^ all my lands being my Home place, or belonging thereto
saveing & Excepting one acre of land be it more or less with the
one Half of my Dwelling House which shall be hereafter men-
tioned to my Daughter Shuah my s'* Home place I Give to the
s"* Joseph as followeth viz; he the s"^ Joseph his Hiers or assigns
to Come into the Immediate possession of the one Half thereof
at my Decease; and the other Half to come into the possession
when my s^ wife marries again (or Expires) Saveing the s<^
Shuah's all my s^ lands, being my Home place; scituate in
Kingstown aboves*^, as above mentioned; that is my Home
place & belonging thereto; with all their appurtenances the s*^
Joseph To Have And To Hold to him his Hiers Executors ad-
minis" & assigns as a free estate of Inheritance in fee simple for
ever, as it lays & is Bounded
Item I Give to my Daughter Shuah Eastman Single-woman
the other remaining Half of my Dwelling House, & to Come into
the possession thereof at my Decease ; also one acre of land be it
more or less, being part of my s*^ Home place and is Bounded
as followeth viz: Beginning at the Green Brook (so Called) & at
the High way, & from thence running Southerly by the s'* High
way to a Damascene Plumb Tree by the fence, then westerly
to a Cherry Tree by the spring, then to the s*^ Brook at the
Nearest part thereof, then by the s"^ Brook to the Highway
394 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
where it first began ; The s<^ land the s^ Shuah to Come into the
possession of at the second marriage or the Decease of my s"*
wife The s'^ premises, with the appurtenances, as before Ex-
pressed, the s^ Shuah To Have And To Hold to her, her Hiers
Executors Adminis" & assigns for ever
Item I Give to my daughter Patience now the wife of Daniel
Gale of Kingstown, her Hiers & assigns for ever; all my Right &
Title to, or Interest in a Certain Tract or piece of land scituate
in the Parish of Sandown in Kingstown above s*^ Containing
Ten acres be it more or less, it being a piece of land which I
purchased of my Brethren, as may appear by Deads under their
hands & Seals, The s^^ Ten acres (that is to say) all my right
to & Interest in the s<^ premises the s'^ Patience To Have And
To Hold to her, her Hiers & assigns for ever ; also I Give to the
s*^ Patience the sum of six shillings Lawful Money
I Give to my daughter Elisabeth now the wife of Joseph Weare
six shillings Lawful money
I also Give to my Daughter Mary now the wife of Richard
Smith the sum of six shillings Lawful Money, my s<^ Three
Daughters viz: — Patience, Elisabeth & mary all to be paid
within one year after my Decease they haveing already had
their portion of my Estate
And I do hereby Constitute & appoint my trusty & well
beloved son Joseph Eastman to be Sole Executor of this my last
will & Testament ; and I do hereby Will & order my s<^ Executor
to pay the forementioned Legacies to my Three daughters viz :
six shillings each Lawful money as before mentioned and to
pay all my Honest debts
and if I have Omitted any thing that is not disposed of in &
by this my last Will I Give all & every thing to my s'l Executor
and I do hereby Utterly Disannul, revoke & disallow all &
every other former Wills Testaments Legacies & Bequests by
me in any ways before Named Willed and Bequeathed Ratify-
ing & Confirming this & no other to be my last will & Testa-
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 395
ment: In witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand & seal the
ig^^ day of January anno: Domini 1767
his
Joseph X Eastman
mark
[Witnesses] Jeremy Webster, Samuel Quemby, David Tilton.
[Proved Dec. 9, 1768.]
[Bond of Joseph Eastman, with Samuel Quimby and David
Tilton as sureties, all of Kingston, in the sum of £500, Dec. 10,
1768, for the execution of the will; witnesses, William Parker,
William Parker, Jr.]
JOSEPH GILMAN 1767 NEWMARKET
In the Name of God Amen This Twentieth Day of January
in the Year of our Lord God one Thousand Seven Hundred and
Sixty Seven — I Joseph Gilman of Newmarket in the Province
of New Hampshire in New England Cordwainer being some-
thing Infirm of Body and Advanced in Years * * *
Imprimis my Will and Pleasure is that all my Debts and
Funeral Charges be paid by my Executor out of the Estate I
herein give him and also the Charges of my Wifes Funeral if
she remains my Widow untill her Death —
Item I Give and bequeath to my well beloved Daughter
Hannah the wife of Zebulon Marsh the Sum of Five Shillings
Lawful Money to be paid her within Two Years after my
Decease by my Executor she having had part of her portion
before in Houshold Goods —
Item I give and Bequeath to my well beloved Daughter
Sarah Gilman the sum of Five Pounds Lawful Money to be paid
her by my Executor out of the Estate I herein give him when she
arrives to Eighteen Years of age or on the Day of her Marrige —
Item I give and bequeath to my well beloved son Samuel
396 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Gilman the one Half of all my Real Estate in Lands and Build-
ings To Him his Heirs and Assigns for Ever —
Item I give and bequeath to my Loving Wife Hannah all my
Houshold Furniture and one Half of my live Stock —
Item I give and bequeath to my well beloved Son Joseph
Gilman Jun"^ all the Rest of my Estate both Real & Personal
Lands Buildings Goods Debts & Chattels whatsoever to be to
him and His Heirs And assigns forever. — and I do hereby
make Ordain and appoint him my said son Joseph my sole Exec-
utor * * *
Joseph Gilman
[Witnesses] Walter Bryent, Joseph young, Joseph Sandborn.
[Proved May 30, 1769.]
[Inventory, attested Aug. 15, 1769; amount, £327. 5. 3;
signed by Edward Hilton, Jr., and Josiah Burleigh.]
ELIZABETH ALLEN 1767 GREENLAND
I Elizabeth Allen of Greenland in the Province of New
Hampshire, Widow, being weak in body * * * First, I
give & bequeath to my eldest Son Robert Tufton Philbrook my
silver Tankard and the Rev*^ M' Henry's Exposition of the holy
Bible in six Volumes in folio ; and I give to my son Walter Phil-
brook my great Bible. I also give to my granddaughter Eliza-
beth Gate a Book in quarto entitled Baxter's Saint's Rest.
Also I give to my grand Daughter Pearn Johnson my Feather
bed which is at her Fathers House, and a Feather bed a piece to
each of my two Grand daughters Elizabeth and Deborah Johnson.
also I give to each of my said grand daughters Pearn, Eliza-
beth & Deborah Johnson, six of my sitting Chairs apiece, and
half of my wearing Apparel, to be divided in equal Shares
between them, also it is my Will that one moiety or half of all
the money I shall leave (after the payment of my just debts &
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 397
funeral Expences) either in Cash or due to me on Bonds Notes
or otherwise be equally divided between my said three grand
Daughters Pearn, Elizabeth and Deborah Johnson, share &
share alike, to be paid them respectively by my Executor
herein after named at their several & respective ages of one and
twenty years or days of marriage, which shall first happen, and
in case any of them my said three grand- Daughters shall die
before she or they shall attain The said age of one and twenty
years, or their days of marriage, then my will is that their or her
share of the said moiety of money so given to them or her so
dying, shall go to the Survivor or Survivors of my said Grand
Daughters who shall live to attain the said age or to be married ;
and if all three of my said Grand Daughters shall happen to die
before they attain the said age of twenty one years or their
Days of Marriage, then it is my will that the whole of said
moiety go to my Grand Daughter Elizabeth Gate her Heirs &
assigns, and I will that in the mean Time said money be let out
on Interest by my Executor for the Benefit of my said Grand
Daughters to be paid Them at the time and in the manner
before mentioned
Also it is my Will that all the rest of my Books besides those
mentioned above be divided in four equal Shares between my
two Sons Robert Tufton & Walter Philbrook and the Children
of my two Daughters Deborah Gate & Elizabeth Johnson
deceased
Also I give to my Grand Daughter Elizabeth Gate her Heirs
and assigns one moiety or half of my money as abovementioned,
half of my wearing apparel and all my Furniture Goods Chattels
& personal Estate of every kind and sort, not beforementioned
and given away in this my Will, to be her's in actual possession
immediately upon my Decease, and I appoint my Son Robert
Tufton Philbrook To be sole Executor of this my last Will &
Testament desiring him to see the same performed according to
my true Intent and meaning, and lastly I do hereby revoke all
former Wills by me made & declare this only to be my last Will
398 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
& Testament. In witness whereof I the said Elizabeth Allen
have hereunto set my hand and seal this Twenty second day of
January in the seventh Year of the Reign of our sovereign Lord
George the Third and in the Year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred & sixty seven
her
Elizabeth X Allen
Mark
[Witnesses] Samuel Ayers, Sarah Gate, Sam^ Macclintock.
[Proved April 29, 1767.]
[Inventory, June 23, 1767; amount, £212. 14. 9; signed by
Enoch Glark and John Pickering.]
[Account of the executor; receipts, £125. 11. 3; expenditures,
£133. 9. 11; allowed Dec. 26, 1770.]
OBADIAH EASTMAN 1767 SALEM
Salem January y^ 24**^ 1767
The Last Will and Testement of Obediah Eastman of Salem
In the Province of New Hamps"^ In New England Gentleman
is as followeth * * *
Item I give & bequeath to Mehetebel my dearly beloved wife
the use of the whole of my Estate till my son Obediah shall
arrive to the Age of Twenty & One Years then to have the In-
come of one Third part of his share when tis divided to him, &
so to have the use of the Remainder of my Estate till the rest of
my Heirs shall severally come to the Age of Twenty & One
Years, so as they come of Age a third part of the Income of Each
share shall be set off to their Mother or otherwise as they can
agree. Likewise I give her the foreroom & Bedroom & as much
Chamber & Celler rooms as she needs, & as much room in the
Barn as is sufficient for her Hay & stock & my son Obadiah
shall keep her Horse if she has not Hay Sufficient of her own.
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 399
All this I give her during her continuing my Widow: — Like-
wise I give her Two of the Choice of my Cows & Six of my best
sheep & my Horse & all my Household Goods & Books (viz)
the Household Goods & Books to be hers So long as she lives if
she wants them all if not She may dispose of what she don't
want to my Daughter Anna
Item The Cattle that are left on the place if they be not wanted
towards paying the Debts are to be at my wives Disposal for
the use of the Family, & I leave the Care of my Husbandry
Utensels with her for the use of the Place.
Item My will is that my Executors hereafter named shall Sell
& make valid Deed of conveyance of all my Rite of Land in
fryburg (so caled) which I Purchased of Co' Joseph Frye of and-
ovur and the money Coming by said Sale to be used toard The
Payment of my Just Debts
Itim I Give to my son Obadiah the one Half of all my
Lands that Lyeth on the same side of the Roade or way that the
House and Barn standeth on to be Eaqually Divided and also
my Right of Land that Layeth in the Township of Conway in
New Hampshire of which write I am an origanal Propriator I
Likewise give him the use of the Remainder of my House and
Barn that is not Given to His mother. I give him Likewise
all my Woollien apparial and shoes
Itim I Give to my son Ebenez'' the other Half of my land Ly-
ing on the same side of the way as above and to be Eaquael for
Quantity and quality to be Divided by Two Judicious Men
when obadiah shall arrive to the age of Twenty one years and I
give him also my Velvet Jackot and hat
Itim I give to my Daughter anna Six Pound fifteen shillings
Lawfull to be paid to her by my son obadiah when she shall arive
to the age of Eighteen years and my son Ebenez' is to pay Her
the Like sum when he Shall arrive to the age of Twenty four
years I Likewise Give her my gold buttons and all my House-
hold Goods when her mother shall Leave them —
Itim I Give to my son simeon the one half of my Land Lying
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on the southwesterly side of the Roade oppiset To the house to
be Divided Eaqually by Two Judicious men quantity for quality
when he shall arrive to the age of Twenty one years I give
him Likewise My Velvet breetches
Itim I give to my son Caleb the Remainder of my Land on the
same side of the way as above. I Likewise give him all my
Lining that I used to wear and my fustin Coat —
Itim I give to my Two Eldest sones (Viz) obadiah and Eb-
enez"^ my House and Barn and all my Husbandry tooles to Be
Eaqually Divided after there mothers Decese or when Married —
Lastly, and I Do Hereby Constitute ordain and appoynt
Mehetable my aboves"^ wife and my s"^ son obadiah To be Exec-
utors of this my Last Will and Testement Hereby utterly
Revoking Disalowing and Disanulling all former wills Teste-
ments Legases and Executors by me Heretofore Named or made
and Ratifying and Confirming this and No other to be my Last
Will and Testement In witness whereof I the said oabadiah
Estman Have Hereunto set my Hand and Seal this Twenty
fourth Day of January Anno Domini 1767 In the Seventh
year of His Majesties Reign
Obadiah Eastman
[Witnesses] Samuel ordway, Elisabeth Watts, Timothy Ladd.
[Proved May 29, 1767.]
[Warrant, May 27, 1767, authorizing Seth Pattee and Caleb
Dustin, both of Salem, husbandmen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, May 28, 1767; amount, £466. 7. 11; signed by
Seth Pattee and Caleb Dustin.]
DANIEL GALE 1767 RAYMOND
[Administration on the estate of Daniel Gale of Raymond,
yeoman, granted to Mary Gale, widow, Jan. 28, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 331.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 4OI
[Bond of Mary Gale, with Jonathan Connor and Job Judkins,
both of Exeter, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Jan.
28, 1767, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, John
Giddings, Robert Parks.]
[Inventory, Feb. 16, 1767; amount, £155. 6. 4; signed by
Theophilus Smith and Jonathan Connor.]
[Warrant, Aug. 31, 1767, authorizing John Dudley, yeoman,
and John Cram, gentleman, both of Raymond, to receive claims
against the estate.]
[List of claims, Nov. 2, 1769; amount, £203. 14. 2; signed by
John Dudley and John Cram.]
[Bond of John Dudley of Raymond, with Walter Roby of
Candia and Nicholas Gilman of Raymond, gentleman, as sure-
ties, in the sum of £500, Jan. 30, 1778, for the administration of
the estate ; witnesses, Nathaniel Parker, William Parker.]
[Account of Mary Gale, administratrix, deceased; receipts,
£114. o. 6; expenditures, £70. 4. 10; allowed Dec. 31, 1778.]
[Account of John Dudley, administrator; receipts, £168. 16. 6;
expenditures, £35. 10. o; allowed Dec. 31, 1778.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £203. 14. 2; amount
distributed, £133. 6. 6; allowed Jan. 21, 1779.]
THOMAS BECK, Jr. 1767 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Thomas Beck, Jr., of Ports-
mouth, yeoman, granted to Jeremiah Locke of Rye Feb. 3,
1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 346.]
[Bond of Jeremiah Locke, with Joseph Jenness and Samuel
Jenness as sureties, all of Rye, in the sum of £500, Feb. 3, 1767,
402 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker,
Robert Parks.]
[Warrant, Feb. lo, 1767, authorizing Amos Seavey, gentle-
man, and Samuel Wallis, yeoman, both of Rye, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, March 27, 1767; amount, £79. 17. 6; signed by
Amos Seavey and Samuel Wallis.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £49. 8. 6, personal
estate; expenditures, £56. o. 4; mentions a widow; allowed
Nov. 26, 1770.]
EPHRAIM HOYT 1767 CHESTER
In The Name of God Amen I Ephriam Hoyt of Chester in
the Province of Newhampshire yeoman being very week in
Body but of Perfect mind and memory ; Thanks be given To God
for the Same: This Sixteenth Day of Februery Annoq Domini
1767 * * *
Imprimes I Give To Susanah Hoyt My well Beloved wife
the one full Half of all my Reall Estate of Lands and half my
orcherd and buildings for her to use and Improve as she sees Cause
So Long as She Remains and Continues to be my Widow I also
Give her all the house hold goods that she Brought with her for
her own —
Item I Give To Son Thomas Hoyt my Home Lot N° 62
origenelly John Jaquis with the Buildings and orcherd that is on
the Same adjoyning To the High way for him to use Improve
and Dispose of as he shall see Caus: only allowing to my wife
the Liberty and Priveledge To Improve the one Half of it so Long
as she Remains my widow I also Give him my said son one of
my Beds with the Furnuture Belonging To the Same, he my said
son Paying and Performing as I shall here after order
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 403
Item I Give To my Two Sons Phillep Hoyt and Sam" Hoyt
my home Lot Nomber Sixty one origenelly William Daniel ad-
joyning To Insin William Tolfords Land Equally to be Divided
between them or their Heirs: They allowing to my wife the Lib-
erty and Priveledge to Improve the one Half of it So Long as she
Remains my widow I also Give to them my Said Sons in Equal
shares one bed with the furnutuer belonging to the Same four
Puter platters and three Puter plates Half a Dosen Chares a
Chest and Table one Iron pot a Kitel and Tramel They Paying
and performing as I shall Here after order —
Item I Give To my son William Hoyt the Sum of five Shillings
Lawfull money To be Paid to him by my son Thomas Hoyt
when he my Said Son Thomas Shall arive to the age of Twenty
one years old, and This with what I Have hereto fore Given to
my said son William I account a Sofecient portion for him out of
my Estate —
Item I Give to my son Ruben Hoyt the sum of five shillings
Lawful money To be Paid to him by my son Thomas Hoyt when
he my said son Thomas shall arive to the age of Twenty Two
years old ; and this with what I Have Hereto fore Given To him
My said son Ruben I account a sofecion portion for him out
of my Estate —
Item I Give To my son Ben j amen Hoyt the sum of five
shillings Lawfull money to be Paid to him by my son Thomas
Hoyt when he my said son Thomas shall arive to the age of
Twenty three years old ; and this with what I Have here to fore
given to him my said son Benj* I account a Soficiant portion for
him out of my Estate —
Item I Give To my Granson Ephriam Hoyt the sum of five
shilling Lawfull money to be Paid to him by my son Thomas
Hoyt when he my said son Thomas shall arive to the age of
twenty four years old: and this with what I Have heretofore
Given To his father Ephriam Hoyt I acount a Soficient portion
for him out of my Estate —
Item I Give to my Daughter Lidya Smith the Sum of five
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shillings Lawfull money to be Paid to her by my sones Philep
Hoyt and Sam'^ Hoyt when he my Said Son Sam^^ Hoyt shall
arive to the age of Twenty one years old And this with what I
Have hereto fore Given to her my Daughter Lidya Smith I
account a Soficient portion for her out of my Estate
Item I Give To my Daughter Sarah Smith the sum of five shil-
lings Lawfull money to be Paid to her by my two sones Philep
Hoyt and Sam" Hoyt when he my Said Son Sam^^ Hoyt shall
arive to the age of Twenty Two years old and this with what I
Have hereto fore Given to her my Daughter Sarah Smith I
account a sofecient portion for her out of my Estate —
Item I Give To my Daughter mary Richardson the Sum of five
shillings Lawfull money to be Paid to her by my Sones Philep
Hoyt and Sam^^ Hoyt when he my Said Son Sam'^ Hoyt shall
arive to the age of Twenty Three years old and this with what I
Have hereto fore given to her my said Daughter Mary Richard-
son I account a Soficient portion for her out of my Estate —
Item I Give to my five Grandchildren Ephriam abbot
Joshua abbot Jean abbot Hannah abbot and alley abott the
sum of five shillings Lawfull money to be Paid to them Equelly
by my sons Philep Hoyt and Sam'* Hoyt when he my Said Son
Sam'i Hoyt shall arive to the age of Twenty four years old and
this with what I Have hereto fore given to their mother Hannah
abbot I account a Soficient portion for them out of my Estate
Item: With Regard to my Personell Estate not hereto fore
Disposed it is my will that after my Debts and funurell Charges
&c are Paid that what then Remains to my Estate my Son
Thomas Hoyt Shall Have the one full Half and the other Half
Shall be Equelly Divided between my wife Susanah Hoyt my
son philep Hoyt and my son Sam'^ Hoyt, and I Do appoynt M'
Daniel Webster of Chester afforesaid to be my sole Executor to
this my Last Will and Testament he to Receive and Pay all
Just Debts Due to and from my Estate and funerell Charges
and to se that it be f ullfiled in all Perticulers : Renownsing all
other and former wills Bequests and Executors by me made
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 405
or Named whatsoever In Witness to all above above Written I
Have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this Sixteenth
Day of February annoq Domini 1767, first above written
Ephrim Hoyt
[Witnesses] Orlando Colby, Charles Johnston, Sam'' Emerson.
[Proved April 29, 1767.]
[Inventory, May 5, 1767; amount, £135. 16. i; signed by
Samuel Emerson and Thomas Hazeltine.]
[Guardianship of Philip Hoyt and Samuel Hoyt, aged less than
14 years, sons of Ephraim Hoyt, granted to Daniel Webster
of Chester April 29, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 392.]
[Bond of Daniel Webster, yeoman, with Samuel Emerson as
surety, both of Chester, in the sum of £500, April 29, 1767, for
the guardianship of Philip Hoyt and Samuel Hoyt; witnesses,
William Parker, Jr., William Parker.]
[Petition of Susanna Hoyt, widow, Portsmouth, July 27,
1768, waiving the terms of the will and asking for the setting
off of her dower.]
[Warrant, July 2'], 1768, authorizing Samuel Emerson, Sam-
uel Hazeltine, William Tolford, Benaiah Colby, and John Aiken,
all of Chester, to set ofT the widow's dower.]
Province of \ By Virtue of a warrant to us Directed by
Newhampshire / order of the Hono''' John Wentworth Esq'
Judge of the Probate for Wills &c for said Province to Sett of to
Susannah Hoit Widow and Relict of Ephriam Hoit of Chester
Deceased her Dower which Happens to her out of his Reall
Estate accordingly We have Set of to the said Susannah Hoit at
the southerly End of said Land about foreteen acres bounded as
followeth (viz) at the South east corner a stake and stones being
a Bound of Ensin William Tolfords Land then north by his
Land Sixty Rods to a stake and stones, then west and by South
forty Rods to a stake and stones then south by the high way
4o6
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Leading to Haverhill forty Rods to a stake and stones then
South East by said Highway fifty Rods to the bounds first
mentioned: togather also with about one acre more Laying
where the house is and taking in part of the orchard bounded
first at the South west corner at a stake and stones at the south
west corner of the garden then East ten Rods to a stake and
stones then north Sixteen Rods to a stake and then west ten
Rods to a stake and stones then south by the Highway sixteen
Rods to the first bounds : with the west End of the House from
Top to Bottom and one Third of the Barn allowing Liberty to
the owners of the other part of the House to Improve the same
as there may be occasion: and thus we make our Return this
first Day of September 1768
Sam'^ Emerson
Benaih colby
John Akin
[Account of the executor; receipts, £38. 18. i ; expenditures,
£42. 9. 4; allowed June 26, 1771.]
NATHAN BOYNTON
1767
ROWLEY, MASS.
[Administration on the estate of Nathan Boynton of Rowley,
Mass., gentleman, granted to Jeremiah Todd of Rowley, Mass.,
yeoman, Feb. 24, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 346.]
[Bond of Jeremiah Todd, with Thomas Ellsworth of Rowley,
Mass., yeoman, and Nathaniel Adams of Portsmouth, merchant,
as sureties, in the sum of £500, Feb. 24, 1767, for the administra-
tion of the estate in New Hampshire; witnesses, George Jaffrey,
William Parker.]
[Inventory, April i, 1767; land in Monson, £37. 10. o; signed
by Stephen Powers and Robert Colburn.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 407
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £36. o. o; expendi-
tures, £160. 16. 8; filed Nov. 6, 1774.]
WILLIAM MURRAY 1767 LONDONDERRY
[Additional account of James Murray, administrator of the
estate of WilHam Murray of Londonderry; receipts, £15. 9. 6;
expenditures, £21. 19. o; allowed Feb. 25, 1767.]
DANIEL WOODMAN 1767 KINGSTON
In the Name of God Amen: March the 7**^ day 1767 I Daniel
Wodman of Kingstown in the Province of New Hamps in New
England Husbandman * * *
Imps: I Give & Bequeath unto Tabitha my now Dearly be-
loved wife all my provisions that shall be found within my
dwelling House at my decease, and all my moveable goods &
effects within Doors (saveing & Excepting those things that
shall be hereafter mentioned to my daughter Betty) and all my
stock of Creatures saveing & excepting what shall be hereafter
mentioned to my son Joseph & my Daughter Betty foremen-
tioned, the same I give to my s*^ wife to her Hiers & assigns for-
ever & to be at her dispose; moreover I Give to my s'^ wife the
one Half of my Home place where I now live for her to use, Im-
prove & take the profits for her support & Comfortable subsist-
ence so long as she remains my widow, with the Easterly end of
my Barn so as to take the one Half thereof if Needed by her as
the former viz: as long as she is my widow, with the westerly
End of my Dwelling House, through the same, from foreside to
Backside, & from the bottom to the Top; for her to Dwell in &
Inhabit; with Necessary priviledge for her in the Cellar under the
other End of the House with Necessary priviledge for her relative
408 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
to the House & Barn & these also as long as she remains my
widow ; and on her second marriage I will & order that she relin-
quish the s*^ one Half of my s"^ Home place surrendering up the
same to my son Joseph to whom it shall be given as shall be
hereafter mentioned, with her Interest in the Buildings only the
s^ part of the House I give to her for ever, yet further I give to
my s^ wife the use & Improvement of the five acres of Land
which I Bought of Richard Clifford, as the former viz: as long
as she is my widow Moreover I Give to her all my debts due by
Bonds & Notes —
Item I Give & Bequeath unto my Loveing son Joseph Wood-
man his Hiers & assigns forever, all my Home place being scituate
in Kingstown afores^ in form & manner following viz : as it lays
& is Bounded: (saveing & excepting as followeth) viz: The s"^
Half before given to my s*^ Wife; my will is that she be not Inter-
rupted therein; and Ten Acres I Give to my son Daniel Wood-
man ; as followeth viz : in Lieu of forty pounds Lawful money of
the Province of New Hamps : s*^ Ten acres of Land to lay on the
Easterly side of the Highway going by the Dwelling House of
Benjamin Magoon to Exeter & on the southerly side of my land
there; to be of an Equal breadth in all places; and my will is,
that in Case my s^ son Joseph Chuses to have & enjoy the s^
Ten Acres himself; and will pay my s"^ son Daniel the s'^ sum of
forty pounds Lawful money as afores*^ when he arrives to the
Age of Twenty one years; that then in that Case Daniel is to
relinquish all Claim to the s'^ Ten Acres and accept the s'^ money
in stead thereof, and Joseph to have the s"^ Ten Acres and so in
Manner & form afore specified the s"^ Joseph To Have & To Hold
the s"^ Home place with my dwelling House & Barn thereon (but
not to Come into the possession of my s^ wifes Half thereof, nor
of the parts of the Buildings given to her until her second mar-
riage or Decease) and then to Enjoy the same ; and as for the s"*
Ten Acres if the s<^ Joseph does not pay the money forementioned
& as forementioned in that Case not to have the s"^ Ten Acres;
but if he does pay it then to have & Enjoy that also and so as
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 409
aboves'* To Have And To Hold the s*^ premises with the ap-
purtenances to him his Hiers Executors adminis" & assigns
forever, also I Give to the s'^ Joseph one Cow, a yoke of steers
two years old this spring season, my young mare (so called) &
four sheep; all to be delivered to him after my decease.
Further I Give to the s*^ Joseph all my Tools & Implements
without Doors for man & beast to work withal (saveing the
furniture for my yoke of oxen for my s^ wife to Improve them
with) that is to say Joseph to have my Cart & wheels, sleds.
Ploughs, Chains, Scythes &c; saveing as afores*^; also to him I
give my shoe makers Tools; and all my Debts Due to me by
Book accompts; yet further I give to the s^ Joseph his Hiers &
assigns for ever the Land I Bought of Richard Cliford being
scituate in s^ Kingstown & is about five acres; which piece of
land was Josiah Bacheldors, But my meaning is that my wife
be not Interrupted in her Improvement thereof —
Item I Give & Bequeath unto my Loveing son Daniel Wood-
man his Hiers & assigns forever all my lands or Interest scituate
in the Naraganset Town (so Called) which lies on the Easterly
Side of Saco River in the County of York & Province of the
Massachusets Bay No: (i) my s*^ lands & Interest in the s^
Township with the priviledges & appurtenances thereto belong-
ing my s*^ son Daniel To Have And To Hold to him his Hiers &
assigns forever; I also give to the s^ Daniel fifty pounds Lawful
money or the value thereof (That is to say) I Give to him his
Hiers & assigns forever. Ten acres of land in the place fore-
mentioned viz : on the southerly side of my land as afores^ & on
the Easterly side of the way forementioned, & to run from the s**
way to the easterly end of my land in the Home place foremen-
tioned & to be of Equal Breadth in all places; which s'^ Ten acres
I reckon to be in the stead of forty pounds of the s*^ fifty ; and do
hereby will & order that if my s'^ son Joseph Chuses to redeem
the s"* ten acres; and will & do pay to the s"* Daniel (when he
arrives to the age of Twenty one years) ; the s'^ sum of forty
pounds lawful money, that then in that Case the s^ Daniel shall
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accept the s"^ money in lieu of the land & shall relinquish the
same ; and the remaining Ten pounds I will & order my s"* wife
to pay to s"^ Daniel when he arrives to the age of Twenty one
years in such species as he shall want ; and as for the s^ Ten acres
further I give it to my son Joseph to Improve till Daniel is 21
years old & order him therefor to pay the yearly Tax that shall
be laid on my s^ Naraganset lands every year Daniel Comes of
age as above hinted —
Item I Give & Bequeath to my well beloved daughter Betty
Woodman one Cow, four sheep; my Case of Draws, Round
Table, one square Table, Six Black Chairs, Banister Backs, a
good feather Bed Comfortably furnished, the forementioned
Houshold goods to be those which are now in the House;
further I Give to the s** Betty Twenty pounds Lawful money of
the Province afores*^ to be paid her, by my Executor within one
year after my Decease ; also fifteen pounds like money to be paid
by my s'^ Son Joseph in species within one year after my de-
cease —
And I do hereby Constitute make & ordain, my s"* wife
Tabitha to be sole Executor of this my last will & Testament —
And I do hereby will & order my s^ executor to pay all the
debts I owe by Bonds, or Notes of hand, and to deliver to my
son Joseph all the Creatures which I have by this will given to
him Immediately after my Decease and to pay to Daniel the
forementioned Legacy of Ten pounds when he arrives to the age
of Twenty one years ; — and to deliver to Betty the Creatures &
things forementioned to her on her Marriage, or when she arrives
to the age of Twenty one years; and to pay the forementioned
sum of Twenty pounds, as forementioned ; and to pay my Physi-
cians Bill & Funeral Charges —
I further will & order my s'^ son Joseph to pay all the debts
I owe by Books or Accompts & the forementioned fifteen pounds
in species to my daughter Betty as forementioned —
My wearing Cloaths I Give to my Two sons forementioned to
be Equally divided between them —
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 4 II
And I do hereby Utterly desallow revoke & disannul all &
every other former wills Testaments Legacies & Bequests by
me in any ways before Named Willed & Bequeathed ; Ratifying
& Confirming this & no other to be my last will & Testament; In
Teste: of all foregoing I do hereunto set my hand & seal the y**"
day of March forementioned Anno domini 1767 —
Daniel Woodman
[Witnesses] Jeremy Webster, Peter Sanborn, Peter Sanbon
jun'.
[Proved July 29, 1767.]
JAMES HOBBS 1767 SOMERSWORTH
In y« Name of God, Amen, the Eleventh Day of March one
Thousand Seven Hundred & Sixty seven, I James Hobbs of
Somersworth in y^ province of New Hampshire in New England
Gentleman, being Weak in Body * * *
Imprimis I give & bequeath to My beloved Son James Hobbs,
all My Homestead where I now live, (excepting my warehouse
warf, & about one Acre of land Joyning to said warehouse & y«
river, which lays without my fence, which includes y° building
yard.) Joyning at y Easterly End partly upon y« River, in-
cluding y« whole inclosure between y^ River & y^ high way, &
then over y« High way taking all my lands westerly to y^ high
way y* passes from y" Meeting House to fresh Creek & to y^
land I purchased of Edward Whitehouse & his wife, which is
commonly known by y^ Name of sheep-pasture with all y^
buildings thereon standing together with all y^ appurtenances &
priviledges thereunto belonging, to Him his Heirs & assigns for
ever.
Item I give & bequeath to my beloved Son Ebenezer Hobbs,
the land I purchased of Edward Whitehouse & his wife which
Joyns to my Homestead & also y" land I purchased of John
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Maseet, also twelve Acres in y^ Creek pasture which I pur-
chased of Thomas Garland & also ten acres of land which I pur-
chased of William Stiles Joyning to land belonging to Richard
philpot late of Somersworth, to Him his Heirs and assigns for
ever.
Item I give & bequeath to My beloved Son Maurice Hobbs
My lands at fresh Creek which formerly belonged to my Hon^
father Maurice Hobbs & y^ rest of y^ lands, included within y«
fence that includes y« lands which belonged to My s*^ Father, &
also my fresh Creek pasture which Joyns to y® High way y*
passes by M' Daniel plummer's to M"^ Eliphalet Crumwells land
& to the high way y* passes from y^ Meeting House over fresh
Creek, To Him his Heirs & assigns for ever.
Item I give & bequeath to My Three Said beloved Sons
Namely James Hobbs, Ebenezer Hobbs & Maurice Hobbs My
warf, warehouse & all y^ land Joyning to it & to y° river which
lays without my fence, including y^ building Yard, y^ whole
about one acre, to be equally Divided between My s"* Three
Sons, to them their Heirs & assigns for ever.
Item I give to each of my beloved Daughters namely Mercy
philpot, Phebee Chadbourn, Abigail Stacpole, Sarah Garvin,
Joanna Smith, Susy Twombly & Lydia prime twenty pounds
Lawfull money, which I will to be paid to each of them by my
Three s^ Sons namely James Hobbs Maurice Hobbs & Ebe-
nezer Hobbs, within Eight Years after my dicease, & that they
pay y Eighth part of s^ twenty pounds to each of them Yearly
from the day of my death, I will also that my s^ Son James
Hobbs pay Eighty pounds lawfull money, being part of what I
have given to My Said Daughters; that My s^^ Son Ebenezer
Hobbs pay thirty pounds, lawfull money & My s*^ Son Maurice
Hobbs pay thirty pounds lawfull money, being y« rest of what I
have given to my s'* Daughters, & that s<^ Three Sons pay My
s^ Daughters Yearly as before Mentioned till y^ whole be paid,
which twenty pounds I give to each of my s"* Daughters to y°*
their Heirs & assigns.
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 413
Item I give & bequeath to my beloved Daughter Abigail
Stacpole, one feather bed with y« furniture belonging to y" Same
to her her Heirs & assigns
Item all y« rest of My Household furniture I give to all my
s^ Daughters to be equally Divided between them, to them their
Heirs & assigns.
Item It is my will that my s"^ Son James Hobbs receive all
my outstanding debts, & that he pay all my lawfull Debts out of
y® same & y" rest of my Estate w"*" I have not disposed off, &
that what remains of my Estate, (after all my debts and funeral
charges are discharged & pay'd,) both real & personal be equally
Divided between all My Children, which I give to them their
Heirs & assigns for ever.
Item I do hereby Make & ordain My Said Son James Hobbs
My Sole Executor * * *
James Hobbs
[Witnesses] Moses Tebbets, Benj» Warren, John Pike.
[Proved June 9, 1769.]
[Warrant, June 13, 1769, authorizing Moses Carr, physician,
and Benjamin Warren, tanner, both of Somersworth, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, July 31, 1769; amount, £123.16.6; signed by
Moses Carr and Benjamin Warren.]
PHINEAS GRAVES 1767 CHARLESTOWN
[Administration on the estate of Phineas Graves of Charles-,
town, yeoman, granted to Simeon Olcott, gentleman, March
II, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 402.]
[Bond of Simeon Olcott of Charlestown, with Samuel Liver-
more of Londonderry and John Pickering of Greenland, gentle-
414 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
man, as sureties, in the sum of £300, March 11, 1767, for the
administration of the estate; witnesses, John SulHvan, WilHam
Parker.]
[Warrant, March 11, 1767, authorizing John Church and
Samuel Hunt, gentleman, both of Charlestown, to receive claims
against the estate.]
[Warrant, March 12, 1767, authorizing the same men to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, May 20, 1767; amount, £112. 8. 2; signed by
John Church and Samuel Hunt.]
[List of claims, March 11, 1768; amount, £153. o. 7^; signed
by John Church and Samuel Hunt.]
SAMUEL FRENCH 1767 SOUTH HAMPTON
In the Name of God amen I Samuel French of South Hampton
in the Province of Newhampshire Gentleman, being Sick and
weak of body * * *
2'^ly I Do Give to my Son Nathanael French Seven pounds
ten Shillings To be paid by my Son Levi French within one year
after my Decease.
3«^ly I Do Give to my Son Offen French Ten pounds to be paid
by my Son Levi French within Two years after my Decease.
4*^ly I Do Give to my Son Samuel French his heirs & assigns
the one half of my Salt Marsh below waltons mill (so Called)
and Seven pounds ten Shillings in money to be paid by my
Son Levi French within Three years after my Decease.
5*^ly I Do Give to my Son Moses French his heirs & assigns
all my Griffin & Greeley place (so called) being about fifteen or
Sixteen acres, his paying To my Daughter Mary French twenty
pounds within one year after my Decease, and my Daughter
Sarah French twenty pounds within two years after my Decease.
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 415
6thly I Do Give to my Son Levi French his heirs & assigns one
half my Salt marsh below waltons mill (so Called) and all my
Homestead on which I do now live being about F'ifty acres with
the appurtenaces Except the two lower rooms in the west end
of my Dwelling House which I reserve for my two Daughters
till they marrie he paying the above mentioned Sums to his
Brethren (namely) to Nath" Seven pounds ten Shillings, to
Offen ten pounds, and to Sam" Seven pounds ten Shillings, also
to my Daughter Miriam Dow Five pounds, and keep my Daugh-
ters Mary & Sarah Each of them a Cow winter & Sumer So long
as they Remain unmarried, & also pay them Six Bushels of
Ingen Corn & one bushel of Rye apeice pr year till they marrey.
ythjy I Dq Give to my Daughter Miriam Dow Five pounds to
be paid by my Son Levi within four years after my Decease.
gtJ'ly I Do Give my Daughter Mary French Twenty pounds
To be paid within one year after my Decease by my Son Moses
French
Qthjy J Dq Give to my Daughter Sarah French Twenty
pounds To be paid within two years after my Decease by my
Son Moses Furthermore I Give to the above said Mary & Sarah
the two lower rooms in the west End of my Dwelling house untill
they marrey & if Either of them marrey then the other to have
Said rooms So long as She remains unmarried.
io**^ly I Do Give to my Five Sons all my wearing apparrill to
Be Equally divided between them
ii*^ly I Do Give to my Son Levi all my Husbandry tools
I2*^ly I Do Give to my three Daughters all my moveable
household Stuff to be Equally divided between them
j-^thjy I j3q Give to my Grandson Ebenezer Gove his heirs
and assigns all my Rite of lands in New britton his paying to his
mother Miriam Dow Five pounds
Lastly I Do Constitute and appoint my Son Moses Executor
of This my last will and testament, witness my hand and Seal
the thirteenth Day of march anno Domini 1767
Samuell french
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[Witnesses] Benjamin Brown, Nathan Dearbon, Edward
Dearbon.
[Proved April 29, 1767.]
[Bond of Moses French of South Hampton, joiner, with Ben-
jamin Brown of South Hampton, yeoman, and Robert Pike of
Kensington, clothier, as sureties, in the sum of £200, April 29,
1767, for the execution of the will; witnesses, William Parker,
Jr., William Parker.]
[Agreement of the sons and daughters of the deceased, April
23, 1767, for waiving inventory and division of the estate; signed
by Nathaniel French, Off en French, Samuel French, Levi
French, Miriam Dow, Mary French, and Sarah French; wit-
nesses, Benjamin Brown, Edward Dearborn, Nathan Dearborn.]
JOHN MUSSET 1767 ROCHESTER
In the Name of God Amen this twentieth Day of March one
Thousand Seven Hundred sixty seven I John Musset being sen-
sible that it is appointed unto all men once to Die and Likewise
being sensible of feeling the Infirmetes which are the forerunners
of such a change * * *
I* I Give to my well beloved son in Law Richard Place whom
I Constitute and ordain the sole Executor of this my Last will
and Testament and my Beloved Daughter Phebe his Wife the
Whole of my Homestead on which I now Live occupy and
Possess in the Town of Rochester During the term of their
Natural Lives and aftor the Decease of the Longest Liver of the
two to be their sons which they now Have Named John if he
shall survive both of them but if he shall Die without Issue
before his father and mother then to Return and be to the Rest
of my Daughters Children if she may Have any in an Equal
Division or in case she has no more to their Disposal the Present
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 417
occupier Rendring my Beloved Wife Elizabeth the one Half of
the Income of said Land House free of Charge to her During her
Remaining my Widow and allow her the one Half of my Dwelling
House in which I now Live at her Command During said Widow-
hood and my Will and meaning is that the Present Improver as
above specified shall Improve said Land with Good Husbandry
so that my Beloved Wife as above may have a Comfortable
support arising from the same or she to have the Liberty to Let
out the same to whom she see cause During my Widow as
above * * *
his
John X Musset
mark
[Witnesses] Jon* Dam, Benjmin Varney, Reuben heard.
[Proved May 27, 1767.]
[Bond of Richard Place, with Jonathan Dam and Reuben
Heard as sureties, all of Rochester, in the sum of £500, May
27, 1767, for the execution of the will ; witnesses, William Parker,
Theophilus Smith.]
THOMAS CHENEY 1767 PLAISTOW
The Last Will and testamen of Thomas Cheney of Plastow
In the Province of Newhampshere in New England yeoman
Being week of body * * *
Item I Give to my well beloved wife Hannah all my house hold
Goods In Cludeing Corn meate Cloathing &c within my houce
— I Give to my wife the Improvment of a horce to Ride on to
be Keept winter & Sumber by my Executer here after Nam"^
So long as she shall Remain my widdow and what shall be further
wanting for the Cumfortabel Support of my widdow more then
her thirds shall be provided for her by my Executer so Long as
she Remains my widdow
41 8 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Item I Give to my Son Daniel five shillings Lawfull money to
be Paide him by my Executer in one year after my Disceas he
haveing had his portion at his Settelment years past
Item I Give to my Son Dustain one Peace of Land in s*^
Plastow Containing about ten acers bouned as followeth to the
Rode by Sam" Kimbals & following the Rode to Pollords & by
Pollords to s*^ Kimbal & by s*^ Kimbal to s"^ Rode my s<^ Son
Paying such Lagacies as I shall here after order
Item I Give to my Son Thomas about Eighteen acers of Land
in Plastow it being the Same Land he Now lives on
Item I Give to my son James about ten acers of Land in s*^
Plastow Laying on y^ southerly side of y^ Rode by or Near
Pollords bounded westerly to Stevenes Runing by Steven* &
Kimbals Land to s^ Rode I also Give my s'^ son Eight Pound
Lawfull money to be paide him by my Son Dustan in two years
after my Disceas
Item I Give to my Daughter Hannah forty Shillings LafuU
money to be Paide her at y^ Expiration of one year & one half
after my Disceass to be Paide by my Executer hereafter Named
Item I Give to my Daughter abigail Fifteen Pound money to
be paide her by my s^ Executer in one year after my Disceas
to be Paide in Goods or such Nessicaries as she may Desire for
keeping houce I also Give her one Good Cow or the value in
money to be Paid by my Executer at y^ time fore said
Item I Give to my Daughter Sarah fifteen Pounds money to
be Paide her in two years after my Disceas by my s*^ Executor
to be Paide in such Nessisaries as she may want & Desire for
Cloathing or houce keeping and also I Give her a Good Cow to
be Paid by my Executor by y« time fores^
Item I Give to my Daughter Ruth fifteen Pound in money or
houcehold goods or such Nessicaries as she may Desire I also
Give her one Good Cow to be Paid her by my Executer in three
years & one half year after my Disceass
Item I Give to my Daughter Suzanah fifteen Pounds money
or the vallue thereof in houce hold Goods or in Such nessisaries
I
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 4I9
as she may desire and also one Good Cow to be Paide her by my
Executor in five year after my Disceas
Item I Give to my son Thomas fores'^ seven Pound ten shillings
money to be Paide him by my son Dustain in one year after my
Disceas
Item I Give to my two Granchildred their Names being
Nathanel & Thomas Chenie Sons of Daniel & Dustain Chenie
my half Rite of Land in Perries town So Called to be Equally
Divided with all the Privilidges to the same belonging the
Parents of Each Child to Pay the taxes thereof & if Either Child
Shall be taken out of y« world before it shall arive to the age of
twenty one the Parent of that Child shall Have y« Childs Part of
s<^ Half Rite of Land the tax thereon being Paide as fore s<^ & tis
to be under Stood all the Lagases afores'^ are in Lawfull money
Item I Give my son John whome I Likewise Constitute make
& or Dain my Sole Executer to this my Last Will & Testament
all my Estate Reall & Personall with the bulding there on or
moveabel that may bee found after my Disceass Not Disposed
of by me my Executor Paying my funerall Charges & all Debts
Justly Due and all Lagacies as ordred afores** & Provide for His
mother as afores*^ my Executer to Collect all my Debts &c In
Wittness whereof I the said Thomas Cheney have here unto
Set my Hand & Seal this 24*^ day of march AD : 1767
Thomas Cheney
[Witnesses] Moses Stevens, David Stevens, Nicolas White.
[Proved June 24, 1767.]
JAMES ROBINSON 1767 BRENTWOOD
[Bond of Anna Robinson, widow, and James Robinson of
Brentwood, yeoman, with James Bean of Brentwood and Eph-
raim Robinson, Jr., of Exeter, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum
of £500, March 25, 1767, for the administration of the estate
420 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
of James Robinson of Brentwood, gentleman; witnesses, William
Parker, Jr., William Parker.]
[Inventory, April 7, 1767; amount, £909. 14. 8; signed by-
Samuel Fifield and Joseph Wadleigh.]
[Administration granted to Anna Robinson and James Robin-
son, both of Brentwood, April 29, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 391.]
[Warrant, April 26, 1769, authorizing Samuel Brooks of
Exeter, gentleman, Jeremiah Bean, Jonathan Veazey, Joseph
Greeley, and Joseph Shaw, all of Brentwood, husbandmen, to
divide the estate.]
[Probate Records, vol. 26, p. 466.]
[Bond of Anna Robinson, widow, with Joseph Greeley and
James Robinson, yeomen, as sureties, all of Brentwood, in the
sum of £400, Nov. 28, 1770, for the guardianship of Nathaniel
Robinson, Mary Robinson, and Joseph Robinson, minors, aged
more than 14 years, and Anna Robinson, aged less than 14 years,
children of James Robinson; witnesses, John Dean, William
Parker, Jr.]
[Account of the administrators; receipts, the personal estate
as per inventory and the income of the real estate for two years ;
expenditures, £117. 19. 3; allowed Jan. 30, 1771.]
To the honorable John Wentworth Esq"" Judge for the probate
of Wills in the province of New Hampshire pursuant to the
appointment of us the Subscribers as a Comittee to divide the
estate of James Robinson late of Brintwood deceased Gentleman
among the widow & children of said deceased we have done the
same according to the best of our Judgment faithfully & im-
partially in manner following Viz*
To the Widow anna Robinson as her thirds of said deceased
real estate Bounded as follows begining at a stake on the high
way leading to the meeting house ten Rods & a half east from the
northwest corner of the home place of said deceas'd, then running
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 42 1
southerly twenty three Rods to the south end of the orchard
then running westerly on a strait line ten & half Rods to Benj»
Fifield's land then running southerly bounding on said Fifields
land to the great River (so called) then begining at the aforsaid
stake at the high way running east about two & half Rods
opposite to the centre of the fore doors of said deceased mansion
house then running southerly thro the middle of said fore doors
and thro' the middle of the chimney in said house to the south
side thereof, then running westerly as the partitions now stand
between the northerly & southerly lower Room & chamber at the
west end of said house including one third part of the cellar
under said House sett off at the north end also one third of garret
sett off at the northwest end of said house, also one half of the
dairy on the south side of said house, being the westerly half also
a privilege of washing baking & bruing in the kitchen of s*^ house,
also passing & repassing thro' said kitchen to the cellar dairy
well & for wood, then begining at the stake opposite to fore doors
afors*^ running East on the high way afors*^ twenty nine rods to
a Stake and Stones then running south to an Elm tree spotted
standing on the bank of the afors*^ great River then run westerly
on said river to the afors*^ Benj" Fifield's land also the westerly
half of the barn & one third part of the out house on said
premises, also one acre & three quarters of land lying east of the
meeting house adjoining to the land the said widow purchased
of the Rev^ Nath' Trask, also ten acres of land joining to Liu*
Veasys land begining at the south side of the way leading to said
Veasys house then runing east on said way forty five rods to cap*
Leavitts land then runing south bounding on s*^ Leavitts land
thirty six Rods to Daniel Sanborns land then running west forty
five rods bounding on said Sanborns land to said Veasys land,
then running north on said Veasys land to the first mentioned
bounds, But we reserve in the said widows premises in the home-
place a privilege to all the children (except James) of passing &
repassing to their part of the mansion House barn outhouse well
Orchard & laying fire wood hereafter mention'd
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2 To James Robinson for his double Share of said deceased
real Estate bounded as follows begining at the northwest corner
of that tract of land lying opposite to the meeting house in
brintwood afors^ then running south forty seven rods bounding
on a cross way, then runing easterly a Strait line to a stake stand-
ing in the line between said deceased land & land in possession
of Ephraim Robinson, then running northerly bounding on s"*
Ephraim Robinsons land about fifty eight rods to the high way
then bounding on s<^ high way to the first mentioned bounds,
with the buildings standing thereon
3 To Edward Gilman Robinson for his share in said De-
ceaseds lands bounded as follows begining at a stake being the
southwesterly corner of his brother James's two shares then
running south by said cross way twenty six Rods to a stake then
runing easterly the whole width of twenty six Rods to two stakes
standing in the line between s'^ deceased land & land in possession
of Ephraim Robinson also one row of apple trees excepting two
trees in the homeplace bounded as follows southerly on Anna's
part easterly on abigail's part westerly on Jon^« part of s'^ orchard
& northerly on the highway
4 To Abigail Robinson for her share in said deceaseds land
bounded as follows begining at the southwesterly corner of land
sett off to her brother Edward Gilman, then running southerly
on said cross way twenty seven rods to a stake then running
easterly the whole breadth of twenty seven Rods to land in
possession of Ephraim Robinson, also one row of apple trees
excepting two trees in the homeplace bounded as follows south-
erly on anna's part easterly on mary's part westerly on Edw**
Oilman's part northerly on the highway
5 To Jonathan Robinson for his share in s*^ deceaseds land,
bounded as follows, Being part of that tract of land adjoining to
Jonathan Veasy's Viz* begining at the southwesterly corner of
said tract of land lying on the north side of the high way leading
to said Veasy's house then runing easterly on s*^ way seventeen
Rods to a stake then running north fifty five rods to a beech tree
I
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 423
Spotted then runing west seventeen rods to said Veasy's land,
then runing southerly bounding on said Veasy's land to the first
mentioned bounds also four acres of meadow land which was
purchased of Jonathan Robinson brother to the said dece'd as
may appear by deed reference thereto being had, Also one row
of appletrees in the homeplace begining on the north side of
anna's share, runing northerly to high way bounding on Edw<^
Oilman's on the east side & Moses's on the west side.
6 To Moses Robinson for his share of s"^ deceased's land,
begining at the southwesterly corner of that part of the land
sett off to Abigail then runing easterly bounding on s"* Abigails
share to land in possession of Ephraim Robinson, then runing
southerly to the great river (so called) then running westerly on •
said river to the Mill grant then bounding on said Mill grant to
the high way then runing northerly on said way to the first
mention'd bounds also the westerly part of the orchard on the
homeplace bounded southerly on Anna's part of s^ orchard
easterly on Jonathan's part westerly on benj"" Fifields land
northerly on the high way also all the privilege in the mill grant
that belonged to s*^ deceased Estate
7 To Nathaniel Robinson for his share of s*^ Deceaseds land
being part of that tract of land lying near Jon" Veasy's land
bounded as follows begining at the southeasterly corner of that
part of said tract of land lying on the north side of the high way
' leading to s'^ Veasy's house, then runing westerly about twenty
f eight rods to a Stake being the southeasterly corner of Jon" Rob-
insons share of said land then runing north on said Jon" share
fifty five rods to a beach tree spotted then run easterly to a hem-
loc spotted twenty eight rods to cap* Odlins land, then runing
south by s'l Odlins land to the first bounds Also one Row of
appletrees in the homeplace begining at the northeast corner of
anna's share then runing northerly joining to the widows thirds
of said Orchard to the high way
8 To mary Robinson for her share of said deceased land being
part of the homeplace begining at the northeast Corner of
424 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Joseph share of said land, on the high way afors"^ then running
east on said way ten & one quarter Rods to Capt Odlins land,
then running southerly the whole breadth of ten & quarter Rods
bounding on Joseph part and on cap* Odlins land to the great
River (so called). Also one row of appletrees in the orchard on
said place begining on the northerly side of anna's part of s^
orchard, three trees from the south part of s'* orchard, running
north to high way bounding on Josephs part on the east &
abigails on the west side —
9 To Joseph Robinson for his share of s^ deceas'd's lands being
part of the homeplace begining at a stake the northwesterly
corner of mary's share then running westerly ten and one quarter
Rods to a stake then runing southerly to the great River the
whole width of ten & one quarter rods bounding east on mary
share & west on the next share to be laid out.
10 To Anna Robinson for her share in s<^ deceas'd's lands
being part of the homeplace begining at the northwest corner of
Josephs part of s"^ land then running westerly eleven Rods to the
northeasterly corner of the widows thirds then running southerly
the whole breadth of eleven rods to the river bounding east on
Joseph part & west on the widows thirds also part of the orchard
bounded on the southwest corner of the widows thirds of s"^
Orchard, then running north so far as to take in three appletrees
then westerly so far as to take in three appletrees then southerly
about one Rod then westerly to fifields land including her part
of the Orchard.
N. B. Joseph Robinson part of the orchard being omitted is
here inserted bounded southerly on anna's part of said Orchard
then running to the high way including one row of appletrees
bounded on Nathan' share on the East & mary's share on the
west
The division of the remaining part of the buildings on the
homeplace among the children of the deceased as follows, Viz*
To Edward Gilman & Abigail Robinson the southeast lower
Room in s*^ deceaseds mansion house E Gilman to have the
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 425
southwesterly half & abigail the opposite half of said Room and
the southerly half of the chamber above said Room to Gilman
the easterly half & to Abigail the westerly half of the said south-
erly half of said chamber, said Gilman & Abigail to have the
privilege of passing & repassing thro the Kitchen to the well the
cellar in which they have an equal right with the rest of the chil-
dren also one quarter of the garret over said Room & the
privilege of passing & repassing to the same, also one half of the
dairy in s*^ house also one quarter part of the barn on s** premises
being the southeast quarter Gilman to have the westerly &
Abigail the easterly part of said quarter with the privilege of
passing & repassing to the same also two eights of two thirds of
the outhouse.
To Nathaniel & mary Robinson as follows Viz* They to have
northeasterly room in said house, nathaniel to have the northerly
& mary the southerly half of s*^ room with the priviledge of half
the fore doors also one half of the northeasterly quarter of the
garret over said Room also the privilege of washing baking &
bruing in the kitchen also privilege in the cellar & well & to
lay fire wood near said house also two eighths of two thirds of
the outhouse & the privilege of passing & repassing to the said
premises.
To Jonathan & Moses Robinson as follows they to have the
northeasterly chamber in said house Jonathan to have the north
& Moses to have the south part thereof also the northerly half
of the southeast chamber equally between them also the privilege
of passing & repassing at the fore doors also privilige in the cellar
the well & outhouse as the rest & the same privilege in the kitchen
also half the garret over s"^ chamber also the northeasterly
quarter of the barn with the same privilege the others have —
To Joseph & Anna Robinson as follows they to have the south-
westerly lower room in said house & the chamber over the same
to the easterly chimney girt Joseph to have the west & anna the
east part of s^ chamber, also the garret over said chamber equally
between them with a privilege in the cellar & well & for fire wood
426 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
& the same in the outhouse and all the privileges of passing &
repassing to them as the rest have —
Sam* Brooks
Jeremiah Bean
Joseph Shaw
Jonathan Veasey
Jos^ Greely
[Warrant, Dec. 5, 1776, authorizing Joseph Johnson, yeoman,
Thomas Peabody, physician, Jonathan Robinson, Jonathan
Veasey, gentlemen, and Jabez Smith, cordwainer, all of Brent-
wood, to divide the widow's dower among the children,]
State of New Hampshire 1 To the Hon Phillips White Esq ;
Rockingham ss J judge of the Probate of Wills &c for
said County
Pursuant to the appointment & Direction in your warrant to
us as a Committe to Divide that Part of the Real Estate of
Cap* James Robinson Deceasd Late of Brentwood which was set
off to his widow Anna Robinson as her thirds therein — We the
Subscribers have accordingly Divided Said real Estate & her
Thirds of the orchard & buildings belong to said Thirds and set
off to Each of the Heirs of the Deceas'd by metes & bounds in the
following manner
Viz In the first place off a certain piece of Land in part of said
thirds as a privilege for the Use of the owners & possessors of the
Buildings Standing thereon bounded as foUoweth viz begining at
a stake standing at or near the Northwest corner of the Yard on
the north side of sd house by the high way that Leads to the
meeting house from thence East by sd high way Eighteen Rods
to a stake by the fence then South Six rods to a stake then west
Eighteen rods to a stake then North Six rods to the bounds first
mentioned —
2 Sett off to James Robinson Gent, the Eldest Son of the Dec"*
Two Shars thereof in a Certain piece of Land of said thirds join-
ing to land of lieu* Jon^ Veazeys & land of Daniel Sanborn in sd
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 427
Brintwood Lying on the South Side of a high way that Leadeth
to said Veazeys house and Bounded as followeth Viz begining at
a Stake & Stones Standing at sd Daniel Sanborns Northwest
Corner by said Veaseys Land from thence to run North by sd
Veazeys land forty one & >^ Rods to a stake and stons by Sd
high way then Easterly by said way 35 rods to a Stake then
South to Daniel Sanborns Land to a Stake keeping the Equal
bredth of 35 rods then west by Said Sanborn Land to the bounds
first mentioned
3 Set off to Edward Gilman Robinson the 2 Son of the Dec*
one Single Share of Said Thirds in the home place also one single
share in the buildings & orcherd and bounded as folleth, namely
to begining at the Southwest Corner of the orchard at a stake &
stones on the Line of Benj'' fififields Land then East by said
orchard Seven rods & three feet to a stake then to run South to
the River to a stake Carrying the Equal bredth of Seven rods &
Three feet from said fifield Line then westerly as the river runs
to said fifield Land to a stake then North by sd fiffields Land to
the bounds first mentioned further a deed to Said Ed Gilman
Robinsons share one Rod of land for a Drift way to the house
privilege bounded as follows Viz to begin at y° South East Corner
of the orchard at a stake from thence north by Said orchard the
Land first Laid out for the house privilege to a stake then east
one rod binding on said house Lot to a stake then south about
Eighteen rods to a stake at the head of Jon" Robinsons share
then west one rod to the first bounds Set off s** Gilmans Share in
the orchard begining at the house privilege at a stake to run
Southerly Eighteen rods binding on the west side of his rod of
land then west one rod & Two feet Eight Inches to a stake then
north about nineteen rods to a Stake then East Eleven feet to
first mentioned bound Set off his the above named Ed*^ Gilman
Robinsons share in the building as follows in s** house the one
Sixth part of the Northwest Lower room to be on the North Side
of Said room & privilege in the fire place & oven & Doors &c his
share in the garret over said room is Eighth part on the North
428 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
side and one Eigheth part of the Celler under Said Room on the
North Side of Celler his part in Barn is Two feet & one half foot
at the west end of said barn taking the whole wedth of Said
Barn —
4*'* Set off to Abigail Smith, the wife of Daniel Smith who was
the first Daughter of the Deceased her Single Share in Said thirds
in the following manner Namely to begin at Gilmans notheast
Corner bounds from thence East Seven rods & 3 feet to a Stake
and Stones then South to the great fresh river Carrying the
Equal Breadeth of Seven rods & Three feet then to run up river
to Gilmans Share then North by Gilmans Share to the orchard
to the first bounds — her share in the orchard to begin at Sd
Ed^ Gilman Robinsons North west Corner bounds of his Share in
Sd orchard then Southerly by Gilmans share Nineteen rods to a
stake then west one rod Two feet & eight Inches then Northerly
Nineteen rods to a Stake then East Eleven feet to the bounds
first mentioned Set off Abigails Share of thirds in the Dwelling
house y^ one half of the Chamber over the North west Lower
room on the North Side of said Chamber & privileg of half the
fire place in said Chamber & liberty at the Doors to pass or repass
and also one Eigheth part of Celler belonging to sd thirds next to
Gilmans share — and one Eighth in the garret next to Gilmans
share in sd thirds & 8*^ in the Darry also Two feet & half in the
Barn Joining to Sd Gilmans share in sd thirds —
5 Set off Jonathan Robinson Son of the Deceas*^ his Single
Share in thirds of land bounded as followeth Viz begining at
Abigails Northeast Corner of her s*^ share then run Easter seven
rods & Three feet to a stake from thence South Ninty Seven
rods to a stake then west Two rods to a stake then South to the
river to a stake then up s^ river as it runs till it comes to Abigails
Share then north by Abigails to the bounds first mentioned
Set off Jon^« Share in s*^ Thirds of orchard begining at Abigails
Northwest Corner of her share then Southerly by Abigails nine-
teen rods to her southwest Corner of share of orchard then west
one rod Two feet Eight Inches to a stake from thence East by the
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 429
house Lot Eleven feet to the first bound Set off to Jon* his
share in the Thirds in s^ house that is the one Sixth part of North-
west Lower Room Joining to Gilmans share in s** room also one
sixth in the Garret over s** room Joining to Gilmans share also
one Eighth in Celler under said room one 8*** in the Dary of s"*
Thirds also Two feet & six Inches in the westerly end of the Barn
Joining to Abigail's share taking the whole wedth of Said Barn —
6*'' Set off to Moses Robinson Son of the Deceas*^ in said
Thirds as followeth viz begining at a stake standing at the end of
the Eighteen rods by the high way then East by sd way five rods
& one foot to a stake by the fence then South to the river to a
stake then up said river five Rods to a Stake then North by Land
Left for Joseph Share to the high way to the first bounds moses's
share in the Thirds of orchard to begin at Nath' South East
corner his share of orchard in s*^ thirds runing Southerly by
Annas share Twelve rods to a stake then west Three Quarters of
one rod at y° south end to a stake then Northerly Twelve rods to
Nath^ share to a stake the east by Nath" share one rod to the first
bounds Set off his share in y* buildings Viz the one sixth part in
the Lower room before Named joining to Jonathans Share in sd
room & Equal share in the fire place & oven and at the Doors also
one sixth part in sd garret over sd Lower room & one Eighth of
the Cellar & Dary and Two feet & half in the westerly part of
said Barn joining to Jonathans
7 Set off to Nathaniel Robinson Son of s"^ Deceas"* his share in
said Thirds as follows viz lying in part in the same piece of Land
or joining to Jameses Two Shares begining at Land of Daniel
Tomsons on James south east Corner bounds of his 2 shares then
North by James Shares to the high way to Jameses northeast
bounds then Easterly by sd way 12 rods to Land of Cap' James
Leavett then South binding on s^ Leavitt 36 rods to a stake then
west 12 rods to the bounds first mentioned added to Nath' for
his Share in another piece Land by the Gully so call'd below the
meeting house bounded as followeth begining at a Stake & stones
standing in said Gully at Cap' James Leavett South East Corner
430 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
by the high way then East about 13 rods & 3 Quarter binding
on said way to Land of the Rev^ M' Trasks then north binding
on Land of mr Trasks till it Comes to Land of his mothers she
purchas'* in her Life with her own money then west binding his
mothers Land till it comes to said Leavits Land then south bind-
ing on Leavits Land to the bounds first mentioned one acre &
Three Quartes — further aded to Compleat Said Share a small
piece in the home place bounded as follows viz begining at the
northeast bounds of Gilman rod of Land for a Drift way runing
east by the house Lot 3^2 rods to a stake then run South Eighteen
rods to a stake & stones then west Two & yi rods to Gilmans
southeast Corner of the rod of land then North by s'* rod of Land
to the Bounds first mentioned
Set off his Share in the Thirds of the orchard begining at the
house Privileg at annas southwest of her share in s<^ orchard in
said thirds then Southerly four rods by anna to the head of
Moses Share to a Stake then West 2 rods to his former Share
then North to sd house Lot then East to annas bound first men-
tioned — his share in the house as follows it being the one sixth
part of the Lower room before mentioned joining to Moses Share
in said room in the Length of sd room also an Equal privilege
in the fire place & oven & at the Doors also one 6*'' in y« Garet
over said room and one Eighth in the Celler under said room &
Dary — and Two feet & half in the westerly part of the barn
Joining to Moses's Share —
8 Set off to Joseph Robinson y« 6*'' Son of the Deceasd in
home place and bounded as followeth begining at the Notheast
bounds of a piece of Land Nath' then East five rods & five feet
to a Stake & stones then South to the river binding on moses
Share To a stake by said river then westerly up said river about
Seven Rods to a Turn in said river then Northerly about
Eigteen rods to a Stake being Jonathan's South East Corner
bounds then Northerly four rods to a stake then East Two rods
to a stake then North by Jonathan & Nath' Land to the Bounds
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 43 1
first mentioned — his share in the orchard Lays Twelve rods in
length Three Quarters of a rod at the South End & one rod at
the north End Joining to Moses on the east on Nath' on the
North on west Set off Jo* Share in the 3<*' of the house being the
one Sixth part in the before named Lower room Joining to his
brother Nath' share being Equal with him in the other privileges
in sd chamber — also in the garret Celler & Dary Josephs
Share in the barn is Two foot & an half foot joining to Nath"
Share —
9 Setoff to Mary Robinson 2 Daughter of S'* Deceasd her Share
of S'^ Thirds begining at Moses's North East Corner bounds
then East by said high way five rods & one foot to a Stake
then South to the River then up river to Moses's Southeast
bounds then North by Moses's Share to the first bounds her
part in orchard begins at Jonathans N. west corner of his share
then to run Southerly 19 rods to a Stake then west one rod to
a stake then Northerly 19 rods to a stake then east one rod to
the first bound her share in the house is the remainder of the
Lower room with her Brothers on the South part of said room
joining to Jo share in s"^ room & an Equal Share in the fire
place & oven also Equal Share in the Garret Celler & Dary as
may appear and Equal Share in the Barn Joining to Jo" share
10 Set off to Anna Robinson the 3** & last Daughter of Deed
her share in said thirds as follows viz begining at Marys north
east corner bounds then east by the way five rods one foot to her
former Share in land in said to stake then south to the river
then up river 5 rods one foot to marys share then North to the
first bounds her share in the orchard Lays between Marys &
Moses's being Equal measure with her Sister in s'^ thirds her
share in the s'^ 3''" of the house is the one half of the Chamber on
the South Side equal privilege in the fire place with abigail Set
off annas part in the Barn Equal measure with the other shares
in s<^ Barn being the Last
The foregoing Division is made and done Impartially to the
432 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
best of our judgement Witness our hands this 31 Day of De-
cember Annoque Domini 1777
Jon* Veasey
Jonathan Robinson
Jabez Smith
TILTON LAWRENCE 1767 STRATHAM
[Miriam Lawrence renounces administration on the estate of
her husband, Tilton Lawrence of Stratham, March 20, 1767, in
favor of her son-in-law, Benjamin Green of Stratham; witnesses,
John Wadleigh, Theophilus Smith.]
[Administration on the estate of Tilton Lawrence, husband-
man, granted to Benjamin Green, yeoman, April 29, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol, 24, p. 391.]
[Bond of Benjamin Green of Stratham, yeoman, with William
Chase, Jr., of Stratham, yeoman, and Eliphalet Daniels of
Portsmouth, gentleman, as sureties, in the sum of £400, April
29, 1767, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William
Parker, Jr., William Parker.]
[Warrant, April 29, 1767, authorizing Theophilus Smith of
Exeter and Joseph Hoyt of Stratham, gentleman, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, June 6, 1767; amount, £403. 9. 10; signed by
Theophilus Smith and Joseph Hoyt.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £168. 6. 10; expendi-
tures, £154. 14. o; allowed April 16, 1771.]
1
BENJAMIN THOMPSON 1767 WILTON
In the Name of God Amen the Sixt Day of April Anno Dom 1 767
I Benjaman Thompson of Wilton in the Province of New Hamp-
shir husbandman Being att this Time Very week in body * * *
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 433
Item: I give to my True and well belouvd wife Dorathy
Thompson after my Deceas To hir hir Heirs and assigns for Ever
all my Estate Real and Parsonal or worldly Substance of what
Soever Natur or kind expting what is herin otherwise Particu-
larly bequethd She or hir Heirs Paying the sume herafter men-
chend Namly To my Daughter Dorithy Rideout being the wife
of Benj° Rideout of Wilton in the Province aforesad three
Pounds Starling mony of grate Briton
and my will is the Sad Dorithy Thompson Pay the Said Sume
before menchened to the said Dorithy Ridout within three years
after my Decas: and my will is that She the said Dorithy Thom-
son be the Sole Executer^ of this my Last Will and Testement
and Pay all my Debts and funeral Charges —
In witness whair of I have herunto set my hand and Seal the
Day and year above Writen
Benjemin Thomson
[Witnesses] John Brown, Nathaniel Greele, Joseph Butterfield.
[Proved June 24, 1767.]
[Bond of Dorothy Thompson, with John Brown and Joseph
Butterfield, gentlemen, as sureties, all of Wilton, in the sum of
£90, June 24, 1767, for the execution of the will; witnesses, Wil-
liam Vaughan, William Parker, Jr.]
ANDREW WILDER 1767 LANCASTER, MASS.
[Administration on the estate of Andrew Wilder of Lancaster,
Mass., granted to Thomas Wilder, Benjamin Hall, and Benjamin
Osgood, all of Keene, yeomen, April 6, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 426.]
[Bond of Thomas Wilder, with Benjamin Hall and Benjamin
Osgood as sureties, all of Keene, yeomen, in the sum of £500,
April 6, 1767, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
David Nims, Michael Metcalf.]
434 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Inventory of estate in Keene, Aug. 6, 1767; amount, £87.
13. 4; signed by David Nims, Nathan Blake, and Benjamin
Osgood.]
[License to Josiah Willard, administrator, Jan. 27, 1770, to
sell real estate.]
[Inventory of estate in Keene, attested Feb. 26, 1770; amount,
£213. 6. 8; signed by David Nims, Benjamin Osgood, Benjamin
Hall, and Josiah Willard.]
[Warrant, June 12, 1770, authorizing Josiah Willard, Jr.,
David Nims, yeoman, Benjamin Hall, gentleman, Benjamin
Osgood, and Ichabod Fisher, yeomen, all of Keene, to appraise
the estate in New Hampshire.]
[Inventory, June 29, 1770; amount, £213. 6. 8; signed by
Josiah Willard, David Nims, and Benjamin Hall.]
[Decree of court, July 10, 1770, settling the estate on Thomas
Wilder, second son of the deceased, he to pay the others their
shares, there being eight children.]
[Receipt for security for payment of shares, signed by James
Carter, guardian of Andrew Wilder, oldest son, John Wilder,
Peter Wilder, and Calvin Wilder; David Wilder, guardian of
Abijah Wilder; Jacob Bennett, husband of Elizabeth, daughter
of the deceased ; and Samuel Joslin, husband of Abigail, daughter
of the deceased.]
JOHN SHERBURNE 1767 KENSINGTON
[Administration on the estate of John Sherburne of Kensing-
ton, joiner, granted to Deborah Sherburne, widow, April 6,
1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 390.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 435
[Bond of Deborah Sherburne, with John Sherburne and
Philemon Blake, yeomen, as sureties, all of Kensington, in the
sum of £300, April 6, 1767, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker, Jr., Eliza Parker.]
[Inventory, April 30, 1767; amount, £99. 2. o; signed by
Philemon Blake and Joseph Tilton.]
JAMES MARSTON 1767 NEWMARKET
In the Name of God Amen I James Marstone of the parrish of
Newmarkett in the province of New Hamphire in new England
Blacksmith being Sick & week in Body * * *
Imprimis my will is that my Just Debts and funeral Charges
Should be paid by the Executor of thiss my Last will as Soon
after my Deaceace as Can Conveantly be Done and Likewise my
will is that my Executor bury my wife in a Decent maner after
her Deaceace
Item I give and Divise to my beloved Son Caleb Marstone all
and singular my homestead place or plantation Wheron I now
Dwell which is sittuate in Newmarkett Aforesaid and Bounded
as follows (viz) Northerly and Easterly on Piscasick River So
Called & Southerly in part on Land in posesion of Joseph Hall
Esq' and on Land now in posesion of the Wido Catherine Neal
and Westerly on Land in possion of Edward Colcord & all
my Right title Intrest or property in a Saw mill & Griss mill
on Piscasick River Called Halls mills with the Land thare
unto Adjoyning which Land I purchased of Dudly Hilltons Heirs
as by a Deed of Sale from them to me may Apear and One
Quarter part of a Saw mill in Notingham Called Clarks mill with
my Right or title to the stream and Land privilage Whareon
it Stands and one Acree and a Quarter of salt marsh which I
purchased of William Hillton Lying at Hilltons Creek so Called
as by a Deed of Sale from him to me may Appear and Likewise
436 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
all the Buildings and Edifices Standing or Belonging to my
Homsead place not before mentioned & Likewise a Certain pease
of Land Sictuate in Newm''** Containing twenty Acrees which
Land I purchased of Daniel Gillman as by a Deed of Sale Datted
may y^ 313* 1759 from him to me may Appear bound"^ as follows
viz Southerly on Land of Cap* Isril Gillmans Easterly on Land of
Stephen Lyfords and notherly on Land of Said Caleb Marstens
and Westerly on Smarts Crick Line or Weeks's Land which Last
]\Iention<^ peas of Land is Given to my son Caleb on Condition
of his paying to my son James Marstone the Sum of fifty pound
Lawfull money for the Same but If the Said Caleb Should
Neglect or Refuse to pay the sum aforsaid then I Give Said
twenty Acrees of Land to my son James my will and meaning is
that my Son Caleb Shall have his Choice Either to pay to the
Aforsaid Sum of fifty pounds or to Claim no Right or title to
Said Land
Item I give and Divise to my son James Marstone over and
Above what I have Ordered my son Caleb to pay him for the
twenty Acrees of Land before mentined twenty five pounds
Lawfull money in full of all Demands from my Estate to be paid
by the Executor of this my Last will and testement as soon after
my Decease as Can Conveanently be Done or to his heirs or Asignes
Item I Give and Divise to my Daughter Ann Ames five
Shillings in full of All Demands from my Estate
Item I Give and Divise to my Daughter Sarah Hillton five
Shillings in full of all Demands from my Estate
Lastly what I have Given to my Son Caleb IMarstone is to him
his heirs and Asignes forever and I Likewise Constitute and
Apoint my Said Son Caleb Sole Executor to thiss my Last will
and testament hereby Revoaking all others by me in any manner
made before thiss In wittness whereof I have here unto Set my
hand and Seal the Eighth Day of April One Thoussand Seven
Hundred and Sixty Seven & In the Seventh year of his Majesty's
Reign George the third
James Marston
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 437
[Witnesses] William Odiorne, Zebulon Duda, John Colcord.
[Proved Oct. 28, 1767.]
[Bond of Caleb Marston, yeoman, with William Odiorne,
trader, and John Colcord, yeoman, as sureties, all of Newmarket,
in the sum of £1000, Oct. 28, 1767, for the execution of the will;
witnesses, William Parker, Jr., Joseph Moulton.]
[Warrant, no date, authorizing Hubartus Neal, gentleman,
Wentworth Cheswell, yeoman, John Marstes, physician, Samuel
Baker, innholder, and Caleb Clark, gentleman, all of Newmarket,
to set off the widow's dower.]
We the Subscribers Being Appointed by the Hono'^ John
Wintworth Esq' Judge of the Probate of Wills, &c. for the
Province of New Hampshire to Satt off to Sarah Marston Widow
and Relect of James Marston, Late of Newmarket, in said
Province Yeoman Deces<^ Intes* her Right of Dower and Power
of thirds that happens unto her, of all the Real Estate, which
the said James Marston Died Seized of, In pursuance thereof
We have Satt off to the Said Sarah marston for her Dower and
Power of thirds in all the Real Estate of the said James marston
as foloweth viz
We have alowed and Satt off to her the westerly Lore Roum
and Badrum ajoining to the Said Rum, with a privelidg in the
Siller, oven and front Dores of the mansion House of the said
James marston also about Sixteen acres of Land Belonging to
said marston Decest^ farme, being the full third Part thereof in
Quantety for Quality, and is bounded as folows viz Begining at
a stake and stone by Edward Colcord^ Land twenty Rods, North
Twenty nine Degres East from the Rode that Leads from Pas-
casick Bridg Near Halls mill so Cauled to the Rode through Hil-
tons Grant So Cauled near Josiah Hiltons hous from thence runs
south about sixty Degrees East to a stoping Beach Tree on the
bank of said Passeck River, then Runs Down and bounds upon
said River untill it meats with Said Edward Colcord^ Land
thence Runs South twenty nine Degres West and bounds on said
438 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Colcords Land to the said stake & stone or bound first began at
and also twenty feet across the Barn begining twenty feet from
the Easterly End of Said Barn Extending twenty feet towards
the Westerly End thereof, with the priviledge of passing and
Repassing too and from said House & Barn ; also a privelidge in
the yarde before the Dore to Lay wood for her fire also one third
Part of one third of a Grismill Now standing on said Pascasick
River Comonely Cauled Halls mill and is owned in Partenorship
with Collo" Winthrup Hilton and Elizebath Hall
all which Division of thirds are made acording to the best of
our Judgments this Seventeenth Day of June 1771
Hubartus Neal
John Marstes
Samuel Baker
GEORGE ST. CLAIR 1767 HAMPSTEAD
In the name of God Amen, I George Santclair of Hampstead
in the province of New-Hampshire in New England Taylor
being under bodily weakness * * *
Item I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Hannah Sant-
clair the whole use and improvement of my dwelling house and of
all my lands in Hampstead so long as she remains my widow.
Item I also give to my beloved wife Hannah Santclair all my
stock and all my household goods and husbandry implements,
with all my Cloaths for her to dispose of in the way and manner
she shall think proper. I likewise give her all my money and
debts due to me by Bonds Bills, notes and accompts whatever.
Item I give to my beloved Daughter Sarah Santclair the one
half of my dwelling house and the one half of all my land in
quantity and quallity after my wives decease or upon her mar-
riage I likewise give to my Daughter Sarah Santclair two pounds
lawfull money to be payed in stock or household goods within
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS . 439
one year after my decease by my Executors here after named.
Item I give to my beloved Daughter Hannah Poor the one half
of my Dwelling house and the one half of all my lands in quantity
and quallity after my wives decease or upon her marriage. I
also give to my Daughter Hannah Poor two pounds lawfull
money to be payed in stock or household goods within one year
after my decease by my Executors here after named.
Item My will is and I appoint ordain and constitute my be-
loved wife Hannah Santclair, with our son Moses Poor of plas-
tow, in New Hampshire, to be Executor of this my last will and
testament, to see that the above legaces be payed and to settle
all affairs relating to my estate and to fullfill this my last will, in
witness hereof I have here unto set my hand and seal this tenth
Day of April Anno Domini 1767 and in the seventh year of his
Majesties Reign
George Santclair
his
[Witnesses] Benj° Little Jur, Thomas X Wadly, Henry True.
mark
[Proved May 27, 1767.]
[Bond of Moses Poor of Plaistow, with Thomas Wadleigh and
Benjamin Little, Jr., both of Hampstead, as sureties, in the sum
of £500, May 27, 1767, for the execution of the will; witnesses,
William Parker, Robert Parks.]
[Account of Hannah St. Clair and Moses Poor, executors;
receipts, the personal estate; expenditures, £18. 6. 5; allowed
June 29, 1768.]
ZACHARIAH COBURN 1767 PELHAM
[Nathan Coburn of Tewksbury, Mass., minor, aged about 15,
son of Zachariah Coburn of Pelham, deceased, makes choice of
his brother, Silas Coburn of Dracut, Mass., husbandman, as his
440 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
guardian April lo, 1767; witnesses, David Trull and Samuel
Trull.]
[Middlesex Co., Mass., Probate Files.]
[Bond of Silas Coburn, with Peter Coburn of Dracut, IMass.,
yeoman, as surety, in the sum of £200, April 10, 1767, for the
guardianship of Nathan Coburn; witnesses, John Varnum,
Parker Varnum, and Moses Clement.]
[Middlesex Co., Mass., Probate Files.]
JACOB ULMORE 1767 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Jacob Ulmore of Portsmouth,
baker, granted to John Walter Cook of Portsmouth, baker, April
13. 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 391.]
[Bond of John Walter Cook, baker, with John Beck, hatter,
and Richard Champney, tin plate worker, as sureties, all of
Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, April 13, 1767, for the adminis-
tration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, Robert Parks.]
[Inventory, attested Feb. 11, 1768; amount, £10. 9. 10^;
signed by Thomas Peirce and John Griffith.]
JABEZ MOULTON 1767 HAMPTON
In the name of God Amen this Seventeenth day of April In the
year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred & Sixty Seven
and in the Seventh year of His Majestys Reign King George the
third over great Britain &c
I Jabez Moulton of Hampton In the Province of New Hamp-
shire Yeoman * * *
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 44 1
Item I give & Devise to my well beloved wife Eunice Moulton
to her her Heirs & Assigns all the Land and Marsh I own in
Hampton & Hamptonfalls (it being the Land & Marsh that was
given me by my late Grandfather Jabez Smith Deceased) also
all my personal Estate
Lastly I do by the Presents Constitute & Appoint my Wife
Eunice Moulton Executrix * * *
Jabez moulton
[Witnesses] Christo' Toppan, Benjamin Randall, Nathan
Weare.
[Proved April 26, 1769.]
[Inventory, June 26, 1769; amount, £613. 9. 2; signed by
Josiah Moulton and John Moulton, Jr.]
[License to the executrix, June 28, 1769, to sell real estate,
mentioning the deceased as of Newbury, Mass.]
[Account of William Pearse and Eunice Pearse, executrix;
receipts, £336. 9. 2; expenditures, £311. 13. 9; allowed Nov. 28,
1771.]
ROBERT GIBBS 1767 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Robert Gibbs of Portsmouth,
mariner, granted to Olive Gibbs, widow, April 27, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 391.]
[Bond of Olive Gibbs, with Peter Mann, barber, and Nathaniel
Shannon, boat-builder, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum
of £500, April 27, 1767, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Robert Parks, Nathaniel Folsom, Jr.]
[Inventory, June 5, 1767; amount, £186. 16. 6; signed by John
Cutt and Joseph Walker.]
442 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
EDWARD GALE 1767 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Edward Gale of Portsmouth,
mariner, granted to Mary Gale, widow, April 29, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 391.]
[Bond of Mary Gale, with John Pickering, gentleman, and
Simeon Akerman, boat-builder, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in
the sum of £500, April 29, 1767, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Nathan Johnson, William Parker.]
[Inventory, May 27, 1767; amount, £54. 2. 6; signed by Mark
Langdon and John Wendell.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £42. 2. o; expendi-
tures, £28. I. 9; mentions "Bringing up & maintaining my son
Edw^ Gale 6 months from his fathers Decease till he was 7 years
old"; allowed Feb. 24, 1768.]
INDEX
INDEX OF PLACES
Acworth 304
Andover (New Breton) 415
Andover, Mass 248, 399
Arundel, Me 128
Atkinson 234
Back River 52
Barrington. . . 8, 10, 19, 38, 63-65, 76, 94
174, 187, 218, 292
Beaver Brook 154
Bellamon Bank River 48, 188
Bennington 1
Berwick, Me 8, 10, 11, 88, 96
128, 171, 210, 278
Biddeford, Me 110
Blackwater River 138
Boston, Mass 211
Bow 78,79,93,175
Bradford, Mass 219, 220
Bradford, Vt 304
Brenton's Farm (Litchfield) 212
Brentwood. . . .83, 113, 189, 191, 204, 222
228, 233, 240, 241, 280, 282, 287
288, 297, 298, 316, 317, 362, 419
Bridport, Vt 304
Brookline, Mass 176, 177
Brown's Point 224, 225
Brown's Rocks 139
Cambridge, Mass 211, 279
Canaan 304
Candia 351,401
Canterbury 17, 18, 351, 352
Cedar Swamp 62
Charlestown 413, 414
Chester 7, 37, 41, 45, 82
83, 86, 92, 93, 105, 149, 155, 172
173, 218, 220, 223-225, 232, 309
322, 344, 345, 402, 404, 405
Chestnut Hills 52, 53
Chichester 38, 309, 311
Claremont 304
Cobbett's Pond 329, 382
Cochecho (Dover) 34, 52
Cod 213-215
Concord 263
(Rumford) 35
Concord, Mass 42
Conway 399
Cross Beach 289, 291
Cub Pond 290
Danville 81, 221, 228
(Hawke) 36, 81, 221, 222, 228
290, 344
Deerfield 44, 247, 248, 316
Derryfield (Manchester) 118, 21 1
Dover 4, 32-35, 43, 48, 50, 51
54, 76, 77, 91, 111, 127, 144, 151
152, 163, 185-188, 193, 272, 273
277, 278, 298, 301, 365, 384-386
(Cochecho) 34,52
Dover Neck 52
Dracut, Mass 25, 210, 341, 439, 440
Draper, Vt 304
Dryden, Vt 304
Dunbar, Vt 304
Dunbarton 118
(Starkstown) 1 18, 159
Dunstable (Nashua) 101, 102
19^200,211,220
Dunstable, Mass 101, 102
Durham 15, 16, 18-22, 34
42, 74, 75, 90, 94, 96, 113, 114
151, 169, 170, 182-189, 212-215
255, 292, 301, 366, 380, 389
Durham Falls 182, 184
East Kingston 120, 374
Epping 2, 3, 31
446
INDEX
Epping, continued.
106, 111, 113, 142-144, 160, 189
191, 227, 240, 290, 353, 377
Epsom 325
Exeter 11-13, 35, 36, 39-41
78, 79, 81, 105, 106, 110, 111
119, 120, 126, 131, 136, 159-162
190, 191, 206, 207, 213, 226-228
240, 251, 255-261, 263, 264, 275
280-282, 284-286, 293, 294, 307
332, 339, 362, 375, 383, 384, 401
408, 419, 420, 432
Exeter River 257-259, 261, 363
Ferrisburg, Vt 304
Fitchburg, Mass 147
Flat Ground Bars 186, 187
Follett's Swamp 182, 185
Frame Point 175
Fremont (Poplin) .222, 287, 288, 298, 377
Fresh Creek 411, 412
Fryeburg, Me 399
Gilmanton 37, 132, 204
289-291, 321
Goffstown 93, 341
Gosport 366, 367
Grantham (New Grantham) 304
Grassy Swamp 16
Great Bay 16, 18
Great FaUs 152
Great Hill 138, 225
Great Neck 250
Great River 160, 421, 423, 424, 428
Green Brook 393
Greenland 15, 61-63, 145
149, 175, 177, 178, 205, 206, 312
325, 396, 413
Groton, Mass 199
Halestown (Weare) 165, 336
Hampstead 77, 237, 298, 299
338, 339, 341, 346, 381, 438, 439
Hampton 21, 26, 31, 45
47, 56, 67, 69, 78, 79, 92, 102
Hampton, continued.
103, 106, 136-138, 201, 203, 204
251, 258-260, 310, 311, 440, 441
Hampton Falls 14, 15, 109
110, 133, 138-140, 169, 197, 223
224, 226, 243-245, 292, 337, 441
Hardwick, Mass 38
Hardwick, Vt 304
Hartford, Vt 304
Haverhill 304
Haverhill, Mass 162, 357, 360, 406
Hawke (Danville) 36, 81, 221
222, 228, 290, 344
Hillsborough 148
Hilton's Creek 435
HUton's Grant 17, 18, 437
Hog HiU 138
HoUis 1, 147, 172, 198-200, 364
Hook 184, 214
Hornswoods 16, 187, 188
Hudson 216
(Nottingham West) . . . 198, 216, 330
Islington 193
Jaffrey 364
(Middle Monadnock) 32
(Monadnock No. 2) 364
Keene 433, 434
Kensington 15, 41, 59, 61
93, 107-109, 115, 197, 201, 223
224, 240, 245, 291, 335-337, 375
416, 434, 435
Kingston 5, 6, 31, 42, 46, 77, 83
87, 107, 122, 123, 132-134, 164
171, 172, 174, 217, 228, 229, 231
233, 290, 321, 349-353, 370-375
377, 392-395, 407-409
Lampereel River. . 182, 186, 187, 213-215
Lamprey River 16, 17
Lancaster 304
Lancaster, Mass 433
Lanchester River 199
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INDEX
447
Lee 17, 19, 215, 325
Leicester, Mass 37, 38
Lemington, Vt 304
Lempster 304
Litchfield 100, 148, 149, 212, 229
230, 270, 328, 330, 341
(Brenton's Farm) 212
(Naticook) 212
Little Falls 41
Little Harbor 177, 178, 307
Little River 90, 160-162, 182, 185
187, 188, 226, 227
London, Eng 302, 303
Londonderry 6-8, 13, 14, 31, 93
97, 103-105, 118, 119, 149, 154-
156, 171, 209, 223, 230, 234, 237
245, 254, 276, 295, 296, 313, 315
322-324, 328, 330, 356, 369, 381
383, 407, 413
Lubberland 214
Lyme 348,349
Lyndeborough 148, 298, 299, 301
Madbury . .20, 21, 52, 64, 91, 92, 107, 125
126, 170, 187-189, 193, 364-366
Manchester (Derryfield) 118, 211
Manchester, Vt 304
Merrimack. . . 100, 198, 211, 212, 223, 248
269, 270, 333-335, 337
Middle Monadnock (Jaffrey) 32
Middleton 125
Middlesex, Vt 304
Milford 354
(MileShp) 354
Monadnock No. 1 (Rindge) 364
Monadnock No. 2 (Jaffrey) 364
Monson 220
Narragansett No. 1, Me 409
Narragansett No. 6, Mass 1
Nashua 198
(Dimstable) 101, 102, 198-200
211,220
Naticook (Litchfield) 212
New Boston 147, 148, 382
New Breton (Andover) 451
New Durham 18, 170, 176, 186, 379
New Grantham (Grantham) 304
New Ipswich .115, 122, 147, 153, 354, 364
New London, Conn 211
New Stamford, Vt 304
Newbury, Ma.ss 131, 342, 389, 441
Newcastle 95, 191, 221, 232, 275
Newington 9, 90, 91, 95, 96, 127, 238
239, 305, 306, 339
Newmarket 2, 17, 18, 107, 114, 186
188, 213, 240, 268, 2(59, 340, 362
379, 387, 389-391, 395, 435, 437
Newton 134, 166, 167
North Hampton . . .5, 25, 26, 44, 249-252
308,311,312,322
(North HUl) 284
North River 18
Northwood 193
Norway Plain 30
Nottingham 5, 22, 37, 42, 76
111-113, 131, 184, 186-189, 198
241, 270, 316, 351, 352, 372, 380
391, 435, 436
Nottingham West (Hudson) 198
216, 330
Oyster River 183, 187
Peacham, Vt 304
Pearson's Cove 244
Pelham 56, 57, 59, 167, 209, 210, 217
220, 237, 238, 267, 341, 439
Pembroke 80
Perkins's River 224
Perrystown (Sutton) 175, 419
Peterborough 156, 157, 346, 347
Piermont 291, 304
Piscasset 259
Piscassick River 259, 378, 390, 391
435, 437, 438
Piscataqua River 177, 343
Plaistow 54, 55, 87, 123, 124, 158
345, 346, 417, 418, 439
Pocock, Vt 304
448
INDEX
Poortown 188
PopUn (Fremont) .222, 287, 288, 298, 377
Portsmouth 1, 8, 10, 11, 19-22, 37-39
42, 56, 62, 65, 66, 70, 73, 74, 88, 89
94, 95, 97-99, 107, 110, 119, 121
127-132, 144-146, 149-151, 174-
178, 181, 189, 191-194, 208, 211
217, 220, 221, 232, 237, 238, 246
247, 266, 278, 279, 301, 302, 307
309, 325, 342-344, 348, 354-356
360-362, 364, 366, 368, 384, 401
405, 406, 432, 440-442
Pownal, Vt 304
Raymond 83-86, 92, 143, 232, 233
298, 377, 400, 401
Rindge (Monadnock No. 1) 364
Rochester. .4, 19, 28, 29, 33, 34, 52, 53, 90
110, 111, 125, 144, 174, 218, 238
239, 273, 275, 379, 386, 416, 417
Rowley, Mass 163, 406
Rumford (Concord) 35
Rupert, Vt 304
Rye 21, 43^5, 60, 61, 77, 106
325, 370, 401, 402
Ryegate, Vt 304
Saco River 409
St. Albans, Vt 304
Salem 25, 220, 233, 234
236, 237, 252-254, 267, 312, 313
315, 356, 357, 398, 400
Salisbury, Mass 132, 133, 197, 289
291, 318-321
Sanborn ton 143
SandowTi 180, 338, 394
Sandy Beach Pond 44, 45
Sawmill River 124
Seabrook 353
Smart's Creek 186, 436
Somersworth 4, 86, 88, 95, 100, 101
151, 152, 173, 174, 210 211, 275
297,304,305,411-413
Souhegan River 334
South Hampton 35, 36, 132, 163-166
172, 198, 241, 289, 291, 292, 317
320, 332, 333, 375, 414, 416
Spruce Swamp 187
Squamanagonic Falls 29
Starkstown (Dunbarton) 118, 159
Steep Banks 60
Stockbridge, Vt .304
Stratham 27, 39, 77, t8, 80
140, 141, 203, 205, 257, 260, 261
275, 280, 282, 285, 286, 293, 294
331, 332, 377, 432
Suncook River 310, 311
Sutton (Perrystown) 175, 419
Tewksbury, Mass 439
Unity.
.372
Wadleigh's Falls 17, 269
Wadleigh's Island 241
Wadleigh's Road 17, 18
Warren 165, 291
Waterbury, Vt 304
Weare (Halestown) 165, 336
Wells, Me 110,111
Wheelwright's Pond 182, 185
Wibird's Hill 129
WUton 248, 249, 298-300, 432, 433
Windham 245, 253, 313, 315, 326
328, 329, 380-383
Windsor, Vt 304
Woodbury, Vt 304
Woodstock, Vt 304
Worcester, Vt 304
INDEX OF PERSONS
Abbott, Alley 404
Ann (m. Lewis) 74
Benjamin 147
Elizabeth (m. Tucker) 74
Ephraim 404
Hannah 404
■^fennah (Hoyt) 404
Jean 404
John 73,74,366,367
Joseph 73
Joshua 404
Lucy (m. Loud) 74
Lydia (m. Clark) 73
Margaret (m. Hall) 74
Adams, Abigail (Pickering) 305
Benjamin 115, 127, 153, 306
Ebenezer 127
Ehzabeth 238
Ephraim 122, 153
James 223, 296
James, Jr 97
Joanna (Oilman) 339
John 185
Jonathan 369
Joseph 339
Lois 127
Mary (Montgomery) 296
Nathaniel 348, 364, 406
Rebecca (Hall) 388-392
Samuel 389
Sarah 369
Stephen 115
William 97
Aiken, Daniel 155
John 154, 405, 406
Akerman, Mary (Odiorne) 307
Simeon 442
Alcock, Joseph 10
Alexander, Mary 209
Alexander, continued.
Robert 209
Allen, Bridget (Knight) 238
Elizabeth (Philbrook) 396, 398
John 357
Sarah (m. Drew) 91, 92
William 91,92,275
Allison, Samuel 8, 296, 328, 330
Almary, George 129
Ames, Ann (Marston) 436
Anderson, John 154, 384
Annis, 329
Applebee, Joseph 185
Appleton, Isaac 115, 153
Apthorp, Henry 220
Armour, Gain 328-330
Armstrong, John 380, 382
Atkins, Hannah 131
Atkinson, Joseph 183
Theodore 131, 132, 194, 195, 302
Theodore, Jr 42,132
WilHam K 193
Austin, Daniel 177
Mary 177
Samuel 151, 297
Stephen 297
Ayer, John 162
Ayers, Deborah 98
Elizabeth 63
Hannah (m. Neal) 62
John 62, 63, 97, 98
John, Jr 97, 98
Mary 62, 63
Mehitabel (m. Beck) 62
Olive (ra. Johnson) 62
Pelatiah 62, 63
Priscilla 63
Ruth 63
Ruth (m. RoUins) 62
450
INDEX
Ayers, continued.
Samuel 62, 63, 357, 360, 398
Thomas 61-63
Babb, Peter 384
Philip, Jr 63
Babson, Phihp 341
Badger, Moses 123
Bagley, David 167
Baker, Benjamin 289, 290
Charles 275
Otis 19
Samuel 392, 437, 438
Baldwin, John 209
Barber, Nathan 259
Barker, Benjamin 168, 210
Martha 142
Barley, Andrew 380
Barlow, Abigail (Putnam) 300
Richard 300
Barnes, Mary 175
Thomas 335
Barnett, Ann 104, 105
John 32,105
John, Jr 104, 105
Moses 209
Barr, Samuel 93, 97, 171, 230
245, 296, 328, 330, 370
Barrett, Nancy 130
Barron, Moses 270
Bartlett, Abigail 167
EUzabeth 166, 167
Gershom 166, 167
Gideon 135
Gideon, Jr 135, 206
Israel 389
John 181
Jonathan 167
Joseph 135
Josiah 6, 42, 46, 82
229, 233, 339, 350, 351, 353
Love (Hall) 388, 389, 391, 392
Nathaniel, Jr 226
Bass, Joseph 132, 267
Batchelder, (m. Dow) 60
Batchelder, continued.
(m. Lane) 60
(m. Sanborn) 60
(m. Shaw) 60
(m. Sherburne) 60
Abigail 60
Benjamin 60, 69
Comfort (Dow) 336
Ebenezer 217, 350
Ehsha 221
Elizabeth 59-61
EUzabeth (m. Locke) 61
Francis 373
Henry 250
Huldah 117
Jeremiah 115, 116, 118, 375
John 60, 61
Jonathan 316
Joseph 372
Josiah 409
Margaret (Bean) 371
Mary 117
Nathan 59, 61
349, 371, 372
Nathaniel 44, 61, 217
350, 351, 353, 373
Phineas 373, 375
Reuben 222
Stephen 117
Theodate 221
Theodate (m. Sanborn) 116
Thomas 108
Batson, Stephen 191, 364
Baxter, Benjamin 337
Bean, Curtis 92^
Daniel 6 ^
Folsom 6 V
Hannah 92, 370, 373, 374 ..
James 189-191 ^
229, 233, 282, 419
Jeremiah 190, 420, 426^'
John 240
Jonathan 6, 122, 123
Joseph 5, 6, 92, 370-375
Joseph, Jr 122
INDEX
451
Bean, continued.
Joshua 288
Margaret (m. Batchelder) 371
Mary (m. Eastman) 5
Miriam 5,6
Miriam (m. French) 371, 372
Nathaniel 6
Peter 370-373
Samuel 35
Sarah 371
Beck, Caleb 73,121
Joanna (Hart) 355
John 19, 440
Mehitabel (Ayers) 62
Samuel 355
Thomas, Jr 401
Bedel, EUzabeth 135
Beede, Daniel 113, 174
287, 288, 298
Belknap, Nathaniel 358, 359
BeU, John 105, 155, 156
205, 280, 370
Bellamy, John 206, 207
Bennett, EUzabeth (Wilder) 434
Jacob 434
John 214,269
John, Jr 269
Bennick, Benjamin 114
Berry, James 18
Jeremiah 21, 44, 45, 77
Betton, James 105, 253
254, 313, 315, 381
Bickeford, Andrew 75
Benjamin 74, 76
Charles 125
Deborah 74, 76
Dependence 91
Elizabeth (m. Young) 125
Hannah 76
Joanna 125
John 54,76,125
Jonathan 54
Joseph 126
Rebecca (ra. Cook) 125
Samuel 75,76,125
Bickeford, continued.
Sarah (in. Blake) 125
Sarah (in. Chirk) 76
Solomon 76
Temperance (m. Young) 125
Thomas 125, 126, 187
Bixby, Thomas 384
Blair, Alexander 223
Blaisdell, Jonathan 172
Blake, Abigail (Philbrick) 143
Joseph 143, 144
Nathan 434
Philemon 435
Sarah (Bickford) 125
Blanchard, Deliverance 354
Jonathan 211
Jotham 146
Nathaniel 354
Blodgctt, Joshua 270
Blood, James 199
Sarah 199
Simeon 198-200
Blunt, Priscilla (Wilson) 263, 265
Bly, John 198
Boardman, Benjamin 264-266
Bodenton, Thomas 99
Bond, John 339
Thomas 383
Borland, P'rancis 211
Francis L 211,212
Jane 211,212
Jane (m. Winthrop) 211, 212
John 211,212
Bowden, Daniel 208
Huldah 206,207
John 206-208
Michael 208
Bowles, Benjamin 238
Boyd, George 127, 361, 362
Joseph 361
Robert 209
William 177
Boyes, 155
Janet 8
Margaret 8
452
INDEX
Boyes, continued.
Robert 8
Boynton, Elizabeth (Rand) 47
Nathan 406
Richard 374
Brackett, Abigail (m. Harford) 268
Ehzabeth (m. Mason) 268
Ichabod 268,269
James 15
John 268
Joshua 11,18,192
268, 269, 342, 356
Keziah 268
Love 370
Mary (m. Chapman) 268
Samuel 268, 269, 370
Bradbury, William 321
Bradford, John 313
Brewster, Jane (Gove) 243
Joseph 89,360,361
Joseph, Jr 89
Phoebe 361
Sarah (Knight) 238, 239
Briard, Elizabeth (Hart) 355
Samuel 355, 356
Brickett, Andrew 302
James 162
Brooks, Samuel 256, 261, 420, 426
Brown, Abba 197
Abiah (m. Dow) 137
Abigail (Morrill) 353
Arthur 131
Benjamin 41, 223, 224, 353, 416
Elijah 109
Ehsha 138, 139, 226
Ehzabeth (Ghdden) 41
Ezekiel 113, 144,377
Isaac 353
John 9, 153, 222, 224, 225, 433
Jonathan, Jr 243
Joseph 21, 43, 138, 223-225
Mary 153
Mehitabel 223
Xathan 69
Peter 153
Brown, continued.
Rachel (m. Shaw) 137
Sarah 153
Stephen 109
Susanna 153
SybU 153
Thomas 136-139, 223-225
WiUiam 19
Zachariah 137
Bryant, Andrew 158, 159
David 159
Edmund 153
Ehzabeth 158, 159
Matthew 158
WiUiam 158
Bryent, Walter 15, 17, 107, 114
269, 362, 380, 389, 396
Walter, Jr 25, 363
Bunker, Joseph 50
Patience (m. Twombly) 50
Burleigh, Abial (Sanborn) 2, 3
Deborah 388, 389
Jacob 2, 4
James 18
John 389
John, Jr 388, 389, 391
Joseph 2
Josiah 396
Mercy (Xorris) 112
Sarah (Hall) 388,389
Sarah (m. Hill) 388, 389
Burnhara, Jeremiah 19
Jonathan 15
Joshua 271
Nathaniel 144
Robert 186, 187
Burns, George 198, 216
Burpee, Nathaniel 55
Burton, Jonathan 299, 300
Butler, Caleb 168
Edward 89
John 267
Joseph 59,237
Samuel 168
Stephen 317
INDEX
453
Butterfield, Ephraim 248, 249
Joseph 299-301, 433
William 14
Buzzell, Abigail 64
Dorcas 64
Henry 63-65
Jean 64
Judith 64, 65
Margaret 64
Mary 64
Nathaniel 64
Paul 64
Thomas 64,65
William 91
Cabot, William 176-179
Caldwell, Agnes (m. Stinson) 230
Alexander 229-231, 272, 273
James 230, 330
Margaret 229, 230
Mary (m. Christie) 230
Thomas 230
WUliam 230
Calfe, William 6
Calley, William, Jr 205
Campbell, James, Jr 105
Samuel 381,383
Canney, John 4, 77
Capron, Thomas 89
Carleton, Ebenezer 301
Jonathan 124
Rachel (Putnam) 301
Timothy 301
Carr, Dorothy (m. Mirick) 319
Elizabeth 318
Ehzabeth (m. Colby) 318, 319
James 318,319,321
John 318,319
Judith (m. Hoyt) 318, 319
Mary (m. Straw) 318, 319
Moses 86, 88, 89, 152, 210
211,305,413
Rebecca (m. Ordway) 318, 319
Richard 318,319
Sarah (m. French) 318, 319
Carr, continued.
Sanili (m. Ordway) 317, 319. 320
Carson, John 147-149
Margaret 148, 149
Sarah 148, 149
Simon 148, 149
WilHam 148
Carter, Honjamin G 37
Deborah 38,39
Deborah (Knight) 39
Henry 39,239
James 434
John 238
Caswell, Richard 50
Cate, Deborah (Philbrook) 397—
Edward 06
Eleazer 149
Elizabeth 396, 397
Mary (RoUins) 283
Sarah 398
William, Jr 149
Chadbourne, Benjamin 171
Phoebe (Hobbs) 412
Sarah (Pray) 278
Thomas 88
Chamberlain, John 248
Rachel 248
Champney, Ebenezer 328
Richard 440
Chandler, Joseph 5, 31, 106
Chapman, Mary (Brackett) 268
Chase, Charles 47
Daniel 244
Jane ( Wingate) 26
John, Jr 15
Josiah 248, 286
Moses 248, 349
William 281
William, Jr 432
Cheney, Abigail 418
Daniel 418,419
Dustin 55,418,419
Hannah 417,418
James 418
John 419
454
INDEX
Cheney, continued.
Nathaniel 419
Ruth 418
Sarah 418
Susanna 418
Thomas 417-419
Chesley, Comfort 170
Comfort (Smith) 17
Ebenezer 170
Jonathan 169-171, 176
Joseph 17, 188
Lemuel 183
Lydia 170
Mary 170
Reuben 126
Samuel 170
Thomas 183, 185, 188, 189, 255
Cheswell, Wentworth 392, 437
Christie, Elizabeth (m. Morrow). 326-328
EUzabeth (m. Smiley) 328, 329
Jane 8
John 245, 326, 328, 329
Mary 8,326
Mary (CaldweU) 230
Moses 326-330
Thomas 8
Church, John 414
ChurchiU, 18
CUley, Aaron 229
Benjamin 228, 229
John 228,229
Joseph, Jr 380
Judith 228
Moses 229
Claggett, Wyseman 42, 106, 145, 192
Clark, — 435
Ann (Todd) 156,157
Caleb 437
Daniel 264, 282, 285, 287
294, 332, 362
Elizabeth '. 34
Enoch 111,112,398
Henry 160
Ichabod 73, 74, 367, 368
John 277
Clark, continued.
Jonathan 177
Joseph 18
Josiah 34, 325
Lydia (Abbott) 73
Remembrance 366
Sarah (Bickford) 76
Sarah (Nute) 34
SatcheU 275
Thomas 198
Clarkson, Andrew 72, 208
James 74, 208
James, Jr 74
Lydia 208
Clement, Benjamin 159
David 210
Elizabeth (Little) 345
Moses 440
William 440
Clifford, David 42, 174, 190
Ebenezer 337
Ehzabeth (Smith) 190
Richard 378, 408, 409
Samuel 243,337
Simon 337
Clough, Abner 35, 36
Benjamin 164, 333
John 222
Jonathan 76
Olive (Graves) 164, 166
Theophilus 351
William 316
Zaccheus 105, 222
Clyde, John 380, 381, 383
Joseph 380
Coburn, Nathan 439, 440
Peter 440
Silas 439,440
Zachariah 439
Cochran, David 296
George 156
Janet 296
John 148, 155, 270
Mary 296
Peter 155
INDEX
455
Cock, Richard 302
Coflan, 131
Moses 2
Peter 308
Colbath, Benjamin 306
Joseph 239
Colburn, Mary 216
Robert 406
Thomas 216
Colby, Benaiah 405, 406
EUzabeth (Carr) 318, 319
Loot 318
Orlando 405
Colcord, Ebenezer 297, 298
Edward 435,437,438
Gideon 390,391
Hannah 297
Jonathan, 3d 390, 391
Coleman, Hannah 38
Collier, John 2, 5, 56
Collins, Benjamin 319
Ebenezer 373
Elizabeth 381,382
Hannah (Dow) 109
John 380-382
John, Jr 381,382
Jonathan 181, 374
Joseph 135
Margaret 382
Mary 382
Richard 166, 319
Samuel 100
Colves, Lydia 89
Connor, Benjamin 226
Jonathan 401
Mary (Norris) 113
Samuel 113
Cook, Daniel 43
John 43
John W 440
Rebecca 43
Rebecca (Bickford) 125
Richard 43
Coombs, John 198, 335
Copp, Mary 357
Corning, 254
Cotton, Elizabeth 149
Samuel 149
Coues, Peter 195
Cowen, Mark 253, 254
Craige, David 328
Cram, Elizabeth (Pulsifer) 316, 317
John 298,401
Jonathan 60
Joseph 285,287
Mary (Glidden) 41
Nathan 224
Creighton, Dorothy (Leavitt) 12
Crockett, WiUiam 2
Crommett, Ebenezer 214, 215
James 214,215
John 212,213
Joshua 214,215
Sobriety 212,213
Cromwell, Eliphalet 412
Crosby, Joel 354
Crown, Ann 364
John 364
Cummings, Elizabeth (m. Evans) . . . 365
Helen 42
James 302, 303
Jonathan 100, 211, 212, 335
Jonathan, Jr 335
Martha (m. Flood) 365
Moses 365
Samuel 198
Samuel, Jr 1
William 199
Cunningham, Samuel 157
William 7
Currier, Abigail (m. Fitts) 338
Captain 83-85
Dorothy 332, 338, 339
Elizabeth 106
Ephraim 106
Ezekiel 338,339
Ezra 354
Hannah 338
Hannah (m. Page) 338
Isaac 106
456
INDEX
Currier, continued.
Jacob 338, 339
John . . . .234, 235, 237, 356, 357, 360
Jonathan 172
Miriam (m. Elliott) 333
Phoebe 332,333
Reuben 332, 333
Richard 135
Samuel 338,339
Sargent 351
Gushing, Caleb 321
Cutler, Jonas 199
Cutt or Cutts, Charles 177, 179
John 441
Lydia 130
Samuel 146, 147, 356
Cutter, Ammi R 66, 221, 356
DaUing, Ehzabeth (Fernald) 10, 11
Thomas 10
Dam, Benjamin 34
Jonathan 417
Martha (Nute) 34
Sarah 364,366
Danforth, William 154
Daniel, Ehphalet 151, 325
WiUiam 403
Daniels, Eliphalet 432
Pelatiah 292
DarUng, John 228
Darrah, Arthur 231, 329
Davidson, 154, 155
Davis, Abel 197, 198, 292
Asa 330
Daniel 187
Deliverance 151
Edmimd 66
Ephraim 183, 184
James 125, 182, 185, 188
Moses 2,4,19,113,151
Dean, John 420
Katharine (Odiorne) 307, 308
Thomas 307,308
WardC 41
Dearborn, — 224
Dearborn, continued.
Abraham 325
Anna 308, 309
Anna (m. Hannaford) 309
Benjamin 309, 311
Edward 292,416
John S 173, 323, 324
Joseph 308,312
Levi 26, 47, 252, 309, 311
Mary (Libby) 44
Nathan 416
Reuben 44, 45
Reuben G 309-312
Ruth 309
Sarah 309
Simeon 309-312
Simon 377
Demeritt, Ebenezer 21, 64, 92, 126
188, 366
Eh 366
Eh, Jr 65,366
Job 366
Job, Jr 65
Dennett, John 22, 126
Wilham 177, 178
Dickey, Adam 171
Matthew 171
Dimond, Dorothy 36
Ezekiel 35
Francis 334,337
Hannah 36
Isaac 2,4,36
Israel 35,36
Judith (m. French) 36
Miriam (m. Tewksbury) 36
Reuben 35,36
Dinsmoor, John 253, 254
Doak, Jane (Pray) 279
William 279
Dodge, John 231
Doe, Abigail 378, 380
Bradstreet 379, 380
Deborah (Wiggin) 27
Ehzabeth (m. Stoodley) 150
John 379
INDEX
457
Doe, continued.
Jonathan 379
Lemuel 379, 380
Mary (m. Stevens) 150
Mary (m. Swett) 150
Nathaniel 150
Nicholas 380
Samuel 379, 380
Sarah (m. Frost) 150
Zebulon 150, 379
Dole, Stephen 346
DoUoff, Abner 136
Dow, (Batchelder) 60
Abiah (Brown) 137
Abigail (m. Rowe) 336
Comfort (m. Batchelder) 336
Daniel 26
EUzabeth 335
Esther 335, 336
Ezekiel 335, 337
Hannah (m. Collins) 109
Huldah (m. Green) 109
Jabez 336,337
Jeremiah 137, 220, 357
John 108, 109
Lucy (m. Weare) 336
Lydia (Kimball) 220
Mary 335
Miriam (French) 415, 416
Moses 108
Nathan 335-337
Patience 108, 336
Paul 108
Samuel 69
Simon 103
Winthrop 197, 198
Downing, John 239
Jonathan 97, 127
Josiah 97
Downs, Susanna 247
Drake, Nathaniel 309
Simon 143
Drew, Dennis 70
EUas 92
Francis 18
Drew, continued.
Joseph 185
Sarah (Allen) 91,92
Thoma-s 92
Duda, Nicholas 188, 325
Zebulon 437
Dudley, John 162, 233, 298, 401
Siunuel 190, 362, 363
Duncan, Abraham 370
Ann 104, 105
Elizabeth (Holmes) 154
George, Jr 104, 105
Jane (m. Wiear) 105
Jean 103, 104
John 104, 105
Itachel 104, 105
Rosanna 104, 105
William 103-105
Dunlap, James 383
Durgin, Francis 16, 18
Jonathan 255
Trueworthy 213, 216
Trueworthy, Jr 17
Dustin, Abiah 356, 359
Abigail 234
Amos 358, 359
Caleb 234, 237, 356, 359, 400
David 235-237
Ebenezer 358-360
Mary 358, 359
Moses 356, 357
Obadiah 233-237, 357, 359
Ruth 233,234
Simeon 235-237
Stephen 357-359
Thomas 235. 236
356, 357, 360
Dutton, Elijah 122
Elizabeth 122
John 122
Dw^er, Elizabeth (Smith) 184
James 184, 189
Dyer, William 389
Fames, Jonathan 167
458
INDEX
Eastman, Anna 399
Caleb 400
Ebenezer 205, 399, 400
Edward 172
EUzabeth (m. Weare) 394
Jeremiah 5
Joseph 354,392-395
Judith 171, 172
Mary 205
Mary (Bean) 5
Mary (m. Smith) 394
Mehitabel 398, 400
Obadiah 171, 234, 398-400
Patience 393
Patience (m. Gale) 394
Samuel 210,245
Sarah 205
Shuah 393,394
Simeon 399
Eaton, 38
Eflford, Mary (Hart) 355
Elkins, Abigail (French) 46, 81
Abigail (m. Sanborn) 81, 82
Ephraim 222
Jeremiah 113
Joseph 81,82
Mary 82
Obadiah 46,81,82
Peter 81,82
Rachel 82
Sarah (m. Sanborn) 81, 82
Thomas 222
Elliott, Francis 187
Miriam (Carrier) 333
Thomas 333
William 267,341
Ellis, Sarah (Kelsey) 23, 24
EUsworth, Thomas 406
Emerson, Daniel 55
David 54,55
Hannah 55
Hannah (m. Greenough) 55
John 292
Joseph 182, 185
Mary 55
Emerson, continued.
PhiUp 54
Samuel 93, 172,173
322, 324, 405, 406
Sarah (m. Kimball) 54
Solomon 126
Timothy 171
Waldo 110,111
Emery, Amos 153
Noah ... .92, 106, 110. Ill, 120, 126
127, 144, 151, 190, 191
206, 207, 256, 341
Richard 151, 344
Estabrook, Abraham 354
Estes, Ehjah 163, 386
Joseph 384, 387
Mary 384
Mary (m. Varney) 385, 386
Etheridge, Nathaniel 232
Evans, Bridget (Wiggin) 27
Elizabeth (Cummings) 365
John 302, 365
Ewins, James 104, 154
Fabyan, John 306
Samuel 306
Fellows, Abner 181
Joseph 35
Ferguson, Henry 158
John 209, 267
Fernald, Dorothy 9
Elizabeth 9
EUzabeth (m. Dalling) 10, 11
Humphrey 8-1 1
John 9, 10
Mary 9
Mary (Stockell) 90
Mary (m. Hart) 10, 11
Samuel 9-11
WiUiam 90
Ferrin, Jonathan 167
Fields, Henry 335
Fifield, Abigail 205
Benjamin 203, 421, 423, 427
Dorothy 204
INDEX
459
Fifield, continued.
Edward 203, 205, 349, 352
Elizabeth 203, 205
John 203, 352
Jonathan 1 10, 203
Joseph 203-205
Martha 205
Mary 205
Mehitabel 204
Moses 204
Samuel 420
Samuel, Jr 46, 217
Stephen 204
Fisher, Ichabod 434
Fitch, Elizabeth 38
Fitts, Abigail (Currier) 338
Flagg, Josiah 86, 173
Thomas 154
Flanders, Ezekiel .87
Moses 354, 375
Fletcher, John 101, 147
Peter 153
Robert 211,212
Flood, Martha (Cummings) 365
Fogg, Eleanor (PhUbrick) 143
Seth 143
Folsom, 224
Deborah (HaU) . . .388, 389, 391, 392
Ephraim 185
James, 3d 120
John 190, 206, 280
Jonathan 389, 391, 392
Nathaniel 120, 162, 207
Nathaniel, Jr 380, 441
Peter 240
Footman, 16
John 17, 18
Thomas 186
Forsaith, Josiah 86
Matthew 83
Foss, Sarah 25'
William 32,33,218'
Zachariah 362
Ziba 377
Foster, Asa 338
Fowle, Daniel 208
Robert 208, 247
Fowler, Philip, Jr 364
Fox, Benjamin 270, 271
Betty 271
Daniel 271
Edward 188,271
Elijah 271
Hannah 271
Israel 271
Mary 270,271
French, Abigail (m. Elkins) 46, 81
Andrew 28,377
Andrew, Jr 377
Benjamin 84-86, 291, 292, 377
Betty (Paige) 290, 291
David 46
Gould 2,4
Jacob 371
John 46
Joseph 36, 372
Joshua 318,319,321
Judith (Dimond) 36
Levi 292,414-116
Mary 82, 83, 85, 86, 414-416
Miriam (Bean) 371, 372
Miriam (m. Dow) 415, 416
Moses 292, 414-416
Nathaniel 414-416
Offen 333,414-416
Samuel 414-416
Sarah 85, 86, 414-416
Sarah (Carr) 318,319
Simon 46,81
Thomas 163
Zephaniah 82-85
Frost, Benjamin 174
Elizabeth 66,246
George 16
Margaret (Smith) 16
Mary 66,246
Nathaniel 18
Samuel 65, 66, 150, 246
Sarah 65-67,246,247
Sarah (Doe) 150
460
INDEX
Frye, Joseph 399
Fuller, Abigail (m. Huse) 180
Amos 298
Anna (m. Gove) 180
Benjamin 180
Chase 180
Ehzabeth (m. Gooding) 180
John 181
Rachel (m. Welch) 180
Thomas 180, 181
Fullerton, John 31
William 308
Furber, Anna 90, 91
Ehzabeth 90
Joshua 90
Keturah 90
Moses 90, 91
Sarah (m. Hight) 90
Thomas 90, 232
Wilham 90,91
Gage, James 220
Rebecca (Kimball) 220
Gale, Abigail (Toppan) 133
Amos 82
Daniel 394, 400
Edward 442
Jacob 133, 217
James 133
Mary 400,401,442
Patience (Eastman) 394
Stephen 2
Wilham 297
Gambhng, Mary 37, 39
Gardner, John 384
Garland, Peter 45
Samuel 137
Thomas 412
Garvin, James 210, 211, 304
Sarah (Hobbs) 412
Gerrish, John 193
Mary 20
Paul 20,48
Prudence 192, 193
Richard 193, 194, 197
Gibbs, Ohve 441
Robert 441
Giddings, Ehphalet 383
John 40, 172,401
Nathaniel 383
GUchrist, Alexander 93
Gillis, Hugh 334
Thomas 334
GUman, Bartholomew 228
Bradstreet 339
Daniel 160-162, 436
Daniel, 4th 41
Dorothy (Sherburne) 130
Ezekiel 340
Harmah 396
Hannah (m. Marsh) 395
Israel 436
Jacob 35, 174
James 79, 257
Jeremiah 340
Joanna (m. Adams) 339
John 8, 40, 233
John W 120
Jonathan 40, 160, 162
206, 207, 256, 261
Joseph 120, 395, 396
Joseph, Jr 396
Joseph, 3d 120.
Josiah 240
Mary 340
Mary (m. Merrill) 340, 341
Moses, Jr 383
Nathaniel 42
Nehemiah 79, 257, 261
Nicholas 40, 41, 120, 127
161-163, 190, 207, 208, 228
233, 256, 261, 384, 401
Peter 131
Samuel 2, 4, 160-162, 264, 395
Samuel, Jr 208
Sarah 136, 233, 339-341, 395
Sarah (Wadleigh) 136
Theophilus 136, 384
Trueworthy ... .41, 42, 159-162, 228
Trueworthy, Jr 159
INDEX
461
Gilmore, Deborah (Smith) 183
James 183, 189, 253, 254
326, 328, 330, 381, 382
John 32, 296
Ghdden, Abigail (m. Rollins) 41
Ann 40,41
Ann (m. Underbill) 41
Benjamin 186
Elizabeth (m. Brown) 41
Jeremiah 190
John 41,160
Mary (m. Cram) 41
Nathaniel 40
Susanna 41
Goddard, John 176, 179, 193, 197
Godfrey, Ezekiel 377, 378
Gooding, Ehzabeth (Fuller) 180
Hannah (Graves) 166
James 317
Jonathan 180
Goodwin, Alpheus 248
Ann 128
Bartholomew 128
WiUoughby 88
Gookin, Love (Wingate) 26
Nathaniel 176-179
Gordon, Alexander 236, 358, 359
Benjamin 120
Daniel 234-237, 357, 360
Martha 253
Sarah (Leavitt) 12
William 254
GorreU, John 245
Goss, Nathaniel 304
Gould, Elizabeth (Tibbetts) 144
Muzzey 144
Gove, Abigail (m. Morgan) 243
Anna (Fuller) 180
David 245
Ebenezer 180, 415
Jane (m. Brewster) 243
Jeremiah 243,245
John 244,245
Jonathan 224
Joseph 243 |
Gove, continued.
Juditli 244
Nathan 244,245
Sarah 243
Sarah (m. Morrill) 244
Widow 244
Graham, 323
Grant, Benjamin 349
Graves, Abigail 165
David H>4-166
Hannah 164
Hannah (m. Gooding) 166
James 163-166, 338
Lucia 165
Lydia 165
Martha 165
Molly 165
Olive (m. Clough) 164, 166
Phineas 164-166,413
Samuel 164
Sarah 163-166
WiUiam 164, 166
Greeley, 414
Ajidrew 321
Ezekiel 277
Insley 197
Jonathan 83, 108, 222
Jonathan, Jr 134, 166, 350
Joseph 83,420,426
Moses 134, 197
Nathaniel 433
Richard 325
Samuel, Jr 216
Green, Benjamin 283, 286, 432
David 107
Edward 15
PJphraim 205
Huldah (Dow) 109
John 169
Nathan 15
Greenough, Daniel 55
Hannah (Emerson) 55
Temperance 217
Greenwood, Mary 342
Thales 20.342,343
462
INDEX
Gregg, Adams 158
David 382, 383
Hannah 383
James 14
John 383
Joseph 155
William 383
Griffin, 289, 414
Eliphalet 248
Griffith, John 98, 99, 121, 440
Grindall, Daniel 366, 367
Mary 366-368
Samuel 366-368
Gimamer, E 189
Hackett, Colonel 264
Haines, 315
Joshua 63
WiUiam 310
Hale, Ehphalet 126
EUzabeth 126
Enoch 364
John 1, 147, 198, 200
Richard 335
Samuel 11,39,132
146, 147, 189, 198, 306
Samuel, Jr 26, 106, 107
237, 256, 299, 381
Hahburton, George 120
HaU, 437. 438
Benjamin 433, 434
Deborah (m. Folsom) 388, 389
391, 392
Edward 391
Elijah 177
EHzabeth 388, 389
391, 392, 438
Eunice 387, 389, 390, 392
Henry 323,324
John 220
Joseph 387, 38^392, 435
Love (m. Bartlett) 388
389, 391, 392
Margaret (Abbott) 74
Mary (m. Sargent) . . .387, 389-392
HaU, continued.
Rebecca (m. Adams) 388-392
Samuel 74, 367
Sarah (m. Burleigh) 388, 389
Ham, Eleanor (Place) 29
Ephraim 29
Jonathan 34
Moses 151
Samuel 89
Sarah (Wingate) 53
Hamblett, John 59, 209, 237
Josiah 237, 238
Sarah 237
Hannaford, Anna (Dearborn) 309
Hanscom, Ebenezer 20
Hanson, Andrew 377, 378
Daniel 152
Ephraim. .50, 127, 128, 272, 366, 387
Jacob 387
JohnB 22,42
Joseph 272,273
Mary 77
Maul 76,77,278
Paul 48
Samuel 377
Sarah 377,386
Solomon 43, 277, 298
Stephen 43
William 272
William, Jr 54
Hardy, 315
Biley 120,362
Mehitabel 362
Nicholas 362
Harford, Abigail (Brackett) 268
Harriman, Abner 123, 124
Anna (m. Hayes) 124
EUzabeth (m. Hooper) 123
Jaasiel 123
John, Jr 124
Naomi (m. Pike) 123
Reuben 124, 298, 299
Ruth (m. MerriU) 123
Sarah (m. KimbaU) 123
Harris, WiUiam 198
INDEX
463
Hart, Benjamin 193
Bridget 354-356
Daniel 355
Edward 193
Elizabeth 151
Elizabeth (m. Briard) 355
George. .146, 147, 192, 193, 360-362
Henry 193
Honor (Hixon) 192
Joanna (m. Beck) 355
John 193, 355
Joseph 193
Mary (Fernald) 10, 1 1
Mary (m. Efford) 355
Nathaniel 193
Oliver 193
Richard 144, 355, 356
Richard D 176
Samuel 354, 356
Thomas 193,219
WiUiam 193, 267
Harvell, John 270
Harvey, Francis 5
Harwood, Thomas 101, 102
Haslett, Matthew 361
Hatch, Alice (Knight) 238, 239
Haven, Henry 177
John 177
Samuel 178,221
Hawkins, John 1
Hayes, Anna (Harriman) 124
Benjamin 174
Haynes, Sarah (Odiorne) 146
Hazeltine, Samuel 405
Thomas 405
Heald, Ebenezer 354
Thomas 354
Timothy 354
Timothy, Jr 354
Healey, Nathaniel 61, 291
Nathaniel, Jr 61
Heard, John 163
Reuben 417
Heath, Ann 87
Joseph 87,231
Heath, continued.
Sarah ....87,231
Su-sanna 296
Henderson, Howard 4
John 364
Hcywood, Siirah (Johnson) 58
Higgins, John 149
Hight, Elizabeth (Walton) 96
John 306
Sarah (Furber) 90
William 96
Hildreth, Jmvi 209, 210
Mary 209,210
Hill, Abraham 1 10
Benjamin 107
Betty 192, 193
David 193, 195, 197
Jonathan 10(), 233
Mehitabel (Jewett) 140, 141
Peter 85
Robert 186, 189,366
Samuel 110, 111
Sarah (Burleigh) 388, 389
Sarah (Jordan) 110
HiUiard, Jonathan 14
Joseph 375
Joseph C 15
Mary 14, 15
Mary (m. Swett) 14, 15
Mercy 14, 15
Hills, Samuel 84
Hilton, Dudley 435
Edward, Jr 396
Josiah 437
Samuel 268
Sarah (Marston) 436
William 268,435
Winthrop 389 391, 438
Hixon, Christian 192
Honor 192
Honor (m. Hart) 192
Joseph 191, 192, 194
Hoag, Nathan 39, 142, 273, 275
Hoar, Benjamin 122, 153
Hobart, Samuel 1, 100, 1 18, 147
464
INDEX
Hobart, Samuel, continued.
149, 154, 172, 198-200, 212, 221
299, 364
Hobbs, AbigaU (m. Stackpole). .412, 413
Ebenezer 411, 412
EUzabeth 201, 202, 217
Hepzibah 202
James 86, 217, 411-413
James, Jr 304
Joanna (m. Smith) 412
Lydia (m. Prime) 412
Mary 202
Mercy (m. Philpot) 412
Morris 412
Noah 201,202
Patience 201, 202
Phoebe (m. Chadbourne) 412
Samuel 118,202
Sarah (m. Garvin) 412
Stephen 201,202
Susie (m. Twombly) 412
Hodgdon, Caleb 127
John 239
Sarah (Seaver) 37
Shadrach 278
Hodgkins, William 147
Holland, James 11
Stephen 118, 119, 154
Holmes, Elizabeth 154
Elizabeth (m. Duncan) 154
Nathaniel 154
Holt, John 248
Joseph 248, 249, 29^301
Rhoda 300
Samuel 248
Hook, Dyer 82, 221
Jacob 229
Hooper, Elizabeth (Harriman) 123
John 128
Home, Isaac 32
Nathaniel 297
Thomas 151
Horney, Gilbert 192, 193, 195, 197
Hannah 107
Mary 192
Howard, Amos 273
Ehzabeth (Watson) 273
Howe, Moses 32
Hoyt, Benjamin 403
Ephraim 402, 403, 405
Hannah (m. Abbott) 404
Jonathan 285, 287
Joseph 295, 432
Judith (Carr) 318, 319
Lydia (m. Smith) 404
Mary (m. Richardson) 404
Micah, Jr 135
Philip 403-405
Reuben 403
Samuel 403-405
Sarah (m. Smith) 404
Susanna 402, 404, 405
Thomas 402-404
WiUiam 403
Hubbard, John 325
Leverett 304
Huckins, Benjamin 94
Huggins, John 205, 206
Nathaniel, Jr 205, 206
Sarah 205,206
Hughes, Hannah 366, 367
HuU, Richard 94
Hunking, Mark 65
Hunt, Samuel 414
Zebedee 21
Himter, John 97
Huntress, Catherine 121
Daniel 121
Ehzabeth 121
George 121
Joshua L 121
Robert 121
Sarah 121
Huse, Abigail (Fuller) 180
Moses 180
Hutchins, Samuel 193
Hutchinson, Solomon 337
Jackson, Abigail (Laskey) 94
Elisha 131
INDEX
4^^5
Jackson, continued.
Hannah 131
Joseph 384
Nathaniel 98
Jacques, Ebenezer 209
Jaffrey, George 177, 207, 406
Sarah 130
Jameson, William 329
Jaquith, Ebenezer 200
John 402
Jeffry, Cyprian 91, 98, 279, 307
Olive (Pray) 279
Jenkins, Benjamin 187
William 186, 187
Jenness, Abigail (Rand) 47
Francis 21
Joseph 44, 45, 370, 401
Joseph, Jr 45
Richard 45
Richard, 3d 21, 01, G3, 105
106, 252, 325
Samuel 43, 77, 370, 401
Jewell, Abigail 135
David 135, 310
Dorothy (m. Rowe) 135
Elizabeth 135
John 135
Mary 134, 135
Samuel, Jr 134, 135
Sarah 135
Timothy 135
Jewett, Andrew 141
Anna 140, 142
Hannah 140, 141
Jacob 141, 142
James 141
Jonathan 141, 142
Joseph 140, 142
Mary (m. Wiggin) 140, 141
Mehitabel (m. HUl) 140, 141
Paul 141
Phoebe (m. Shute) 140, 141
Samuel 200
Johnson, Benjamin 26, 193
David 57,58
Johnson, continued.
Dcboruli 396,397
lOUzaboth 56, 396, 397
Elizabeth (Philbrook) 397
Elizabeth (m. Trull) 58
Ezra 57-59
Hannah 58
John 18
Joseph 426
Josiah 56-59, 238
Nathan 206,442
Olive (Ayers) 62
Pearn 396, 397
Peter 26
Sarah (m. Heywood) 58
Susanna (m. Shedd) 58
Thomas 87,231
William 57,58
Zachariah 356
Johnston, Charles 405
Jones, Benjamin 331
Daniel 36
Harbord (m. Walter) 331
James 348
John 94,331,348
Jonathan 331
Joseph 36
Joshua 348
Kinsley 331,332
Martha 365
Mary 331,332
Mary (m. Tilton) 331
Moses 36
Samuel 348
Stephen 20
Timothy 2
Jordan, Samuel 110
Sarah (m. Hill) 110
Jose, Ebenezer 72
Joslin, Abigail (Wilder) 434
Samuel 434
Judkins, Job 401"
Leonard 6
Moses 6, 123
Widow 6-
466
INDEX
Kelly, Daniel, Jr 135
James 149
Moses 124
Kelsey, James 22-24, 42
Jane (m. McCrillis) 24
John 22-24, 42
Mary (m. Morrison) 23, 24
Moses 22, 24, 42
Robert 22-24
Sarah (m. Ellis) 23, 24
William 23
Kelso, Agnes 7
Alexander 7
Ann 7, 8
EUzabeth 7
Janet (m. Kennedy) 7
John 7, 8
Jonathan 7, 8
Margaret (m. Taylor) 7
William 6-8
Kendall, Nathan 100, 149
Kennedy, Janet (Kelso) 7
Thomas 7
Kenniston, Francis 380
Job 228
Sarah 228, 229
Kent, Alice (Little) 346
Kidder, Reuben 153, 364
Sampson 277
Kielle, James Ill, 301
Moses 301
KimbaU, Abraham 35
Aquila 220
Ebenezer 318, 319
Ehzabeth 318
EUzabeth (Wilson) 264
Isaac 219,220
Jonathan 159, 220
Joseph 118
Joseph, Jr 220
Lydia (m. Dow) 220
Porter 287
Rebecca (m. Gage) 220
Samuel 418
Sarah (Emerson) 54
Kimball, continued.
Sarah (Harriman) 123
Stephen 263
Kincaid, John 326, 327, 330
Samuel 330
King, Benjamin 122
George 9
Kirmicum, John 248
Knight, Alice (m. Hatch) 238, 239
Bridget (m. Allen) 238
Deborah 37-39
Deborah (m. Carter) 39
Ehzabeth 239
EUzabeth (m. Salter) 238
George 37,38,238
John 38, 238, 239
Mary 38, 39
Nicholas 238, 239
Sarah (m. Brewster) 238, 239
Temple 37,239
WiUiam 11, 20, 37, 39, 67, 99
107, 128, 145, 181, 208, 209
211,239
Knowles, James 174
Jeremiah 137
John 84
Knowlton, John 276
Thomas 168
Knox, Sarah 296
Ladd, Daniel 190
Jeremiah 181
Simeon 304
Timothy 234, 400
Lament, Neil 237
Lamos, Nathaniel 187
Lamson, Benjamin 304
Lane, (Batchelder) 60
Betty (Perkins) 68, 69
Isaiah 68
John 380
Joshua 80
Josiah 68
Samuel 80, 281, 282, 285, 295
Samuel, Jr 80
INDEX
467
Lane, continued.
Sarah (Perkins) 68, 69
Sarah (Roby) 250
Thomas 302
William 251
Lang, Beckford 45
Benjamin 44
Langdon, Ann (Sherburne) 129, 130
Henry S 177, 179, 193
John 178, 344
Keziah 343
Mark 89, 343, 344, 368, 442
Mary 344
Samuel 176, 218, 280
William 343,344
Langley, Samuel 187
Laskey, Abigail 94
Abigail (m. Jackson) 94
Anna 94
Joanna (m. Tibbetts) 94
John 94
Sarah (m. Priest) 94
WUliam 94
Lawrence, David 31, 189, 191
Joseph 284
Miriam 432
Tilton 432
Leach, EUzabeth 325
William 93
Leathers, Edward, Jr 278
Leavitt, Benjamin 139, 140
Dorothy (m. Creighton) 12
James 257, 259, 289-291
421, 429, 430
John 11-13
Joseph 39
Mary (Rand) 47
Mary (m. Moody) 12, 13
Moses 12, 13
Nehemiah 12, 13
Sarah (m. Gordon) 12
Leighton, David 29
John 29,30
Jonathan 30
Thomas 29,30
Lewis, Ann (Abbott) 74
David 148
Ebenezer 20
Elizabeth 20
John 74, 121
Lydia 20
Mary 20
Mehitabel 20
William 19
Libby, Abraham 43-45
Benjamin 44
Isaac 174
Jacob 44
James 278
Jeremiah 177, 179, 193, 197
John 304
Joseph 43-45
Lydia (Runnells) 278
Mary 43
Mary (m. Dearborn) 44
Lincoln, Jacob 88
Rachel (m. NoweU) 88
Little, Alice (m. Kent) 346
Benjamin, Jr 346, 439
Bond 345
Elizabeth (m. Clement) 345
Mary 346
Samuel 124
Samuel, Jr 55
Thomas 345, 346
Livermore, Jane 356
Matthew 70, 342
Samuel 328, 356, 381, 383, 413
Locke, Elizabeth (Batchelder) 61
Ephraim 325
Francis 43, 61
Jeremiah 61, 401
Jonathan 103
William 361
Long, Ebenezer 46, 123
Pierse 119
William 204
Lord, Samuel, 3d 88
Thomas 226, 227
William 19, 187
468
INDEX
Loud, Lucy (Abbott) 74
Solomon 74
Lougee, Moses 341
Levering, Anna 120
Benjamin 120
Ebenezer 353
Jane 119, 120
John 119,120
Jonathan 120
Joseph 120
Nathaniel 120
Richard 120
Ruhamah 120
Lovewell, Bridget 101
Jonathan 101, 102, 198
211,216,240,334,364
Nehemiah 198
Zaccheus 101
Lund, Phineas 101
Lutwyche, Edward G 100
Lj-f ord, Elizabeth 204
Mary 204
Stephen 436
Thomas 204,363
Lynn, Joseph 345
McCartney, John 209
McClarj', Andrew 325
John 325
McClenche, John 198
John, Jr 198
Joseph 337
McChntock, Samuel 398
McClurg, George 157
McConihe, Samuel 248
McCrillis, Jane (Kelsey) 24
WiUiam 22,24,42
McCutcheon, Judith 292
Phedris 292
McDuffee, John 31,111
McGaw, Jacob 334
McGregore, David 313-315
James 8, 97, 296
Mackay, Benjamin 176
McLaughlin, Martha 253
McLaughlin, continued.
Thomas 253, 254
McMurphy, Robert 7
McNeil, Daniel 154
McQuesten, John 148
WiUiam, Jr 148, 149
McQuig, John 148
McVicker, John 29
Magoon, Benjamin 408
Simon 120
Mann, 171
Peter 441
Thomas 171
Marble, Caleb 357, 360
March, Clement 20, 219
Marden, George 77
James 44
Stephen 44
Marsh, Haimah (Gilman) 395
John 303
Zebulon 395
Marshall, David 277
George 19
John 19, 20, 90, 348, 384
Nathaniel 74
Samuel 181
Marstes, John 437, 438
Marston, Ann (m. Ames) 436
Aima 287,288
Anna (m. Sanborn) 288
Benjamin, Jr 312
Caleb 435-437
David 251
Elisha 287,288
James 391, 435-437
Jeremiah 21
Jonathan 106, 252
Sarah 437
Sarah (m. Hilton) 436
Thomas 26,310,311
Winthrop 288
Martin, Jonathan 275
Thomas 99
Mason, EHzabeth 173
EUzabeth (Brackett) 268
I
INDEX
469
Mason, continued.
Jeremiah 177
Martha (Rand) 47
Samuel 173
Sarah 182, 185
Massey, Daniel 220
George 177
Mathes, Benjamin 19, 24
Francis 91
Gideon 17
Samuel 187
Mead, John 114
Meader, Joseph 17, 187
Nicholas 187
Melcher, Samuel 92
Meloon, Daniel 310
Mary (Norris) 1 12
Melvin, John 328
Mendum, Nathaniel 279
Merrill, Daniel 133, 200
John 340
Joseph 391
Mary (GUman) 340, 341
Peter 220
Ruth (Harriman) 123
Marrow, Benjamin 4
Jonathan 4
Meserve, Daniel 188, 189
Daniel, Jr 183
George 220,304
Sarah 73
Metcalf, Michael 433
Miller, Elizabeth (Rollins) 286, 287
Isaac 174
Jonathan 286
Mary 174
Rachel (Rollins) 286, 287
Robert 286, 287
MiUs, Deborah 70-72
EUigood 70-72
Luke 70,71,73
Mary 70-72
Miltimore, John 155
Minot, Jonas 146
Mirick, Dorothy (Carr) 319
Mirick, continued.
Jacob 319
Mitchell, Isaac 157
Moffatt, John 279
Montgomery, David 296
Hugh 295,296
Jean 295
Mary (m. Adams) 296
Robert 296
Moody, Mary (Leavitt) 12, 13
Mooney, Hercules 94, 95, 151
152, 183, 185
Moore, 382
George 8
Henry 232
James 248
Robert 1.54
Samuel 156, 157
William 347
Moreland, John 253, 254, 312
Morgan, Abigail (Gove) 2J3
Moses 326, 327, 330
Morrill, Abigail 350, 351
Abigail (m. Brown) 353
Benjamin 351, 352
Betty 350-354
Ebenezer 291
Jacob 35
John 35 1 , 353
Jonathan 333
Micajah 166, 333
Miriam 3-J9
Miriam (m. Prescott) 350, 354
Moses 349-353
Paul 132
Sarah (Gove) 244
Morrison, 329
James 23
John 155, 315, 328, 330
Jonathan 347
Mary (Kelsey) 23,24
Robert 23,296
Samuel 253,312,313
315, 328, 330, 380-382
Thomas 156, 347
470
INDEX
Morrison, continued.
William 23
Morrow, Elizabeth (Christie) . . .326-328
John 326-328
Morse, Edmund 237
Moody 220
Peter, Jr 342
Stephen 173, 322, 324
Moulton, Daniel 105
Eunice 441
Eimice (m. Pearse) 441
Jabez 440,441
Jeremiah 312
John 47,137-139
John, Jr 69,441
Jonathan 21,289
Joseph 22, 61, 308, 437
Joseph, Jr 308
Josiah 103, 441
Josiah, Jr 103
Reuben 44,45,60
Murray, Alexander 348, 349
David 31
Eleanor (Sloane) 348, 349
James 31,32,407
Mary 32
Robert 32
William 31,32,407
Musset, Ehzabeth 417
John 412,416,417
Phoebe (m. Place) 416
Nason, Richard 110, 169
Neal, Catherine 435
Hannah (Ayers) 62
Hubartus 213, 216, 269, 392, 437, 438
Samuel 391
Walter 391
Nealey, John 271
William 271
Nelson, John 98, 99
Nesmith, James 32
John 171, 269
Robert 269,270
Nevin, Andrew 302, 303
Nevin, continued.
George 301
Isabella 302, 303
James 42, 301-304
Margaret 302
Mary 302, 303
Newman, Elizabeth (Wingate) 26
Newmarch, Joseph 191, 221
Nichols, James 32
Nims, David 433, 434
Norris, Abigail 80
Benjamin 77-80, 111
David 79
Deborah 112
James 79, 106
Jonathan 79, 113
Joseph 78-80
Josiah 377
Lydia (m. Smith) 79
Mary 80,111,113
Mary (m. Connor) 113
Mary (m. Meloon) 112
Mehitabel 78, 80
Mehitabel (m. Smith) 79
Mercy (m. Burleigh) 112
Nathaniel 79, 80
Ruth 112
Samuel 111,113
Sarah (m. Wiggin) 79
Thomas 377, 378
Zebulon 112
Norton, Daniel 149
Joseph 149
William 312
WUham, Jr 312
Nowell, Rachel (Lincoln) 88
Silas 88
Noyes, Ebenezer 87
Enoch 124
Martha 133, 134
MoUy 133
Sarah 133
Simon 133
Thomas 124
Nute, Ehzabeth 33, 34
INDEX
471
Nute, continued.
John 33
Jotham 34, 35
Martha (m. Dam) 34
Obed 34
Paul 184, 187
Samuel 33, 35
Sarah (m. Clark) 34
Nutter, John 9
Lemuel 74
Nutting, William 199, 200
Odiorne, Deborah 308
Ebenezer 307, 308
Elizabeth 307
Joanna 308
Jotham 145, 146
Katharine (Sherburne) 307
Katharine (m. Dean) 307, 308
Mary (m. Akerman) 307
Sally 308
Sarah 145, 307
Sarah (m. Haynes) 146
Thomas 131, 160, 307, 308
William 390,391,437
Odlin, Captain 423, 424
John 160-162, 256, 263
John, Jr 136
Judith (Wilson) 263, 265
Mary 136
Mary (WUson) 263, 264
Winthrop 136, 265
Olcott, Simeon 413
Oliver, Martha 4
Ordway, John 317, 319-321
Rebecca (Carr) 318, 319
Samuel 400
Sarah (Carr) 317, 319-321
Orne, James . 177, 178
Orr, Jean 296
William 7
Osgood, Benjamin 433, 434
Owen, John 119
Thomas 119
Packer, John 35
Thomas 22
Page, 222
Abraham 198, 383
Caleb 118
Enoch 61
Francis 322
Hannah (Currier) 338
Jabez 221
Samuel 108, 109, 137
Theophilus 109
Thomas 221
Paige, Ik'iijamin 291
Betty (m. French) 290, 291
Ebenezer 289-292
F]noch 289-292
Epiiraim 290-292
John 289-292
Mary 289, 292
Moses 290, 292
Samuel 289-292
Paine, Amos 73
Lydia 73
Palmer, Abigail 102, 103
Deborah 103
Huldah 103
Jonathan 138
Josiah 102, 103
Samuel 102, 103
Sarah 103
Park, Alexander 4, 382
Parker, Benjamin 199, 200
Eliza 435
Elizabeth 83
John . .97, 99, 192, 341, 364, 368, 384
John J 315
Mary 100
Matthew 210,341
Matthew S 149
N 173
Nathaniel 44, 100, 105, 176
304, 330, 377, 401
Robert 269
Samuel 31, 174, 267, 270, 356
Samuel B 45
472
INDEX
Parker, continued.
Sarah 122,197,321,370
WiUiam 4, 9, 14, 22, 31, 32
39, 42, 43, 46, 51, 61, 63, 76, 86, 88
89, 92, 99, 107, 110, 111, 113, 115
119, 120, 122, 128, 144, 151, 169
176, 181, 189, 206, 211, 213, 219
221, 223, 232-234, 251, 256, 269
275, 282, 292, 322, 325, 330, 339
344, 346, 361, 362, 364, 370, 372
377, 380, 384, 395, 401, 402, 405
406, 414, 416, 417, 420, 432, 439
440, 442
William, Jr 22, 80, 83, 87, 108
123, 166, 190, 191, 217, 222, 228
229, 292, 321, 395, 405, 416, 420
432, 433, 435, 437
Parks, Robert 189, 245, 251, 282
312, 337, 344, 362, 384, 401, 402
439-441
Parsloley, John 151
Parsons, Moses 233
Wilham 321
Pattee, Seth 358-360, 400
Patten, Samuel 270
Patterson, Andrew 369
David 155
James 369
Rachel 369
Rachel (Smith) 369
WiUiam 231
Paul, James 234, 235, 237
356, 357, 360, 381, 383
Moses 173
Peabody, Nathaniel 124
Thomas 426
Pearne, William 107
Pearse, David 177
Evmice (Moulton) 441
Peter 11,39,146, 147
William 441
Pearson, Captain 281
Jethro 280-282, 362
John 233
Joseph 284
Peaslee, Elijah 226
Peavey, Joseph 78
Peirce, Daniel 145
Daniel, Jr 361
Edward J 177
Joseph 218
Joshua 131
Lydia 1
Mary 1
Mehitabel (m. Sherburne) 1
Thomas 1, 20, 89, 90
98, 99, 128, 368, 440
Pemberton, Samuel 38
Pendergast, Dennis 114
Edmund 113, 114
Hannah 114
Thomas 114
Penhallow, Benjamin 176, 177
Hunking 177
John 37,128, 146
175-177,211,219
John, Jr 177
Richard W 91, 115, 175, 213
220, 221, 223, 232-234
240, 255, 277, 292, 304
Samuel .... 11, 20, 37, 39, 67, 98, 127
128, 145, 181, 208, 209, 343, 368
Samuel, Jr 176, 177
Sarah 177, 218, 219
Sarah A 177
Thomas 177, 218
Pepperell, Andrew 219
Perkins, 138
AbigaU 56
Abraham 2, 5, 31, 113, 377
Betty (m. Lane) 68, 69
David 68
Hannah 67
James 44, 56, 67, 69
Jonathan 68, 1 10
Mary 68, 69
Molly 269
Moses 67-69
Reuben 68
Samuel 68
INDEX
473
Perkins, continued.
Sarah (m. Lane) 68, 69
Perry, Ebenezer 300
Pettingill, Samuel 248
Philbrick, Abigail (m. Blake) 143
Eleanor (m. Fogg) 143
Elias 143
James 44
Jedediah 373
John 142, 144
Jonathan 143
Mary 142
Nathaniel 142, 143
Olley 143
Ruth 143
Samuel 123, 143, 233
Philbrook, Deborah (m. Gate) 397
Ehzabeth (m. Allen) 396, 398
Elizabeth (m. Johnson) 397
Robert T 396,397
Samuel 375
Walter 396,397
Phillips, 382
John 207
Philpot, Elias 86
Mary 86
Mary (m. Wood) 87
Mercy 304
Mercy (Hobbs) 412
Pickering, Abigail (m. Adams) .... 305
Anthony 305
Daniel 144
Dorothy 144, 279
James 305, 306
John 144, 177, 189
305, 312, 344, 398, 413, 442
Joseph 205
Joshua 145
Mary (Wingate) 25
Thomas 305,306
Winthrop 305,306
Pierce, Ebenezer 198
Pike, John 413
Joshua 89
Naomi (Harriman) 123
Pike, continued.
Robert 416
Pinkerton, John 105
Pinkham, Abigail 4
Amos 184
Jonathan 278
Martha 278
Otis 4
Paul 4
Stephen 92
Piper, Josiah, Jr 142
Pitman, Susanna 355
Place, Abigail 29, 30
David 29,30
Eleanor (m. Ham) 29
George 29
Hannah 28
James 28, 30
John 29,416
Phoebe (Musset) 416
Richard 416,417
Samuel 28-30
Plumer, Abner 124
Plummer, Daniel 412
John 19, 31, 111
Pollard, 418
Poor, Hannah (St. Glair) 439
Moses 439
Samuel 232
Pottle, Waiiam 275
Powell, Abigail 79
Powers, Isaac 101
Stephen 199, 406
Pray, Hannah (m. Sprague) 279
Jane (m. Doak) 279
Mary 278-280
Olive (m. Jeffrey) 279
Sarah (m. Ghadbourne) 278
Prentice, John 383
Prescott, Abraham 118, 202
Benjamin 375
Henry 221,232,364
James 199
Jeremiah 113
John 350,354
474
INDEX
Prescott, continued.
Joseph 144
Joshua 83
Miriam (Morrill) 350, 354
Nathan 107
Stephen 107
WiUiam 113
Presson, Edward 344
Mary 344
William 344
Priest, Charity 217
Sarah (Laskey) 94
Prime, Lydia (Hobbs) 412
Pulsifer, Benjamin 317
Ehzabeth (m. Cram) 316, 317
Hannah 316,317
Jonathan 316, 317
Mary 316,317
Samuel 316,317
Susanna 316,317
Purcell, Gregory 131
Purington, Ann (Twombly) 49
Jonathan 109
Zaccheus 277
Putnam, Abigail 298, 299
Abigail (m. Barlow) 300
Benjamin 299-301
Daniel 299-301
Ephraim 298, 299, 301
Francis 299-301
Mary 301
Mehitabel 299, 301
Miriam 299, 301
Nathaniel 298-301
Philip 298,299,301
Rachel (m. Carleton) 301
Sarah 299,301
Susanna 299-301
Quimby, Samuel 395
Quincy, Edmund H 193
Ramsey, Hugh 223
Rand, Abigail (m. Jenness) 47
Edmund 47
Rand, continued.
Ehzabeth (m. Boynton) 47
Joshua 44
Martha (m. Mason) 47
Mary (m. Leavitt) 47
Sarah (m. Smith) 47
Thomas 47, 56
Randall, 307
Ann 89
Benjamin 232, 441
Ehphalet 210
Jacob 89
Miles 24,255
Samuel 152,210,211
Sarah 211
Ransom, Thomas 237
Read, Dorothy 130
William 100, 148, 270
Redfield, Silvanus 304
Zina 304
Reid, George 171
Reynolds, Jonathan 185
Rice, John 40, 126
208, 255, 256, 308
Richardson, Amos 167, 168
Eri 168
James 25
Joseph 153, 168
Mary 167, 168
Mary (Hoyt) 404
Moses 25
Sarah 168
William 210,238
Ricker, Phoebe 100, 101
Thomas 100
Rideout, Benjamin 433
Dorothy (Thompson) 433
Rindge, Isaac 176, 179
Rines, WiUiam 184
Ritchie, Alexander 326, 330
James 347
John 347
Martha 347
Mary 346,347
Robert 347
INDEX
475
Ritchie, continued.
William 346, 347
Roberts, Joseph 277, 301
Samuel 65, 86
William 185
Robinson, Abigail 422-425, 431
Abigail (m. Smith) 428, 429
Anna 419,420
422-426, 429, 431
Daniel 281,283-287
Ebenezer 177, 178
Edward G 422-425, 427^30
Ephraim 106, 206, 422, 423
Ephraim, Jr 341, 419
James 419-422, 426, 429
John 144, 233
Jonathan 422, 423, 425-432
Joseph 420, 424, 425, 429-431
Josiah 282, 285-287
Mary 420, 423-425, 431
Moses 423, 425, 429-431
Nathaniel 420
423-425, 429-431
Thomas 330
Timothy 144
Roby or Robie, Ehzabeth 250
Enoch 250
Huldah 250,251
John 24^251, 322, 324
Mary (m. Wadleigh) 250
Phoebe (RoUins) 284, 285
Ruth 250
Samuel . . 172, 173, 250, 251, 322, 324
Sarah 249,251
Sarah (m. Lane) 250
Thomas 249,251
Walter 401
Rogers, Daniel 146, 163
184, 185, 187, 267
James 223
Nathaniel 130
Samuel 163, 255
Stephen 166
William 209
Rolfe, Nathaniel 159
Rollins, Abigail (Glidden) 41
Caleb 280,282,288
Dorothy 283,284
EliF^halet 284,285
EUzubeth 284
Elizabeth (m. Miller) 286, 287
Ichabod 89
John 282,283
Joshua 191
Jotham 287
Love 282,2^
Mary (m. Gate) 283
Nicholas 285
Noah 97
Pelatiah 282,283
Phoebe (m. Robie) 284, 285
Rachel 284,285
Rachel (m. Miller) 286, 287
Reuben 191
Ruth 280,281,286
Ruth (Ayers) 62
Thomas 282
Rowe, Abigail (Dow) 336
Benjamin 61, 245
Caleb 92
Caleb, Jr 92
Dorothy (JeweU) 135
Jeremiah 287
Winthrop 61
Rowell, Aaron 339
Gideon 1 73
WiUiam 167
Rundlett, Charles 17
Jacob 282,294
James 264,265
James, Jr 113
Joseph 263
Josiah 144
Theophilus 294
Runnells, Elizabeth 247
John 247
Jonathan 182
Joseph 76,77,277,278
Lydia 277,278
Lydia (Twombly) 48
476
INDEX
Runnells, continued.
Lydia (m. Libby) 278
Owen 247
Samuel 247
Thomas 247
Russell, Eleazer 177-179, 223, 224
Rymes, Christopher 130, 162, 228
Thomas 352
St. Clair, George 438, 439
Hamiah 438,439
Hannah (m. Poor) 439
Sarah 438
Salter, Elizabeth (Knight) 238
Titus 144, 145, 348
Sanborn, 224
(Batchelder) 60
Abial 2
Abial (m. Burleigh) 2, 3
Abigail (Elkms) 81
Abner, Jr 110
Abraham 378
Anna (Marston) 288
Benjamin 116
Caleb 110
Daniel 5,421,426,427
Dudley 169
Ebenezer 252
EUsha 222
Elisha, Jr 222
Jeremiah 3, 202
Jethro 81
John 81,375
John P 5
Jonathan 122
Jonathan, Jr 6
Joseph 288,396
Joshua 2, 3
Josiah 13, 280
Nathaniel 73
Peter 411
Peter, Jr 411
Reuben 325
Richard 5
Sarah (Elkins) 81, 82
Sanborn, continued.
Theodate (Batchelder) 116
Tristram 2
WiUiam 5
Sargent, David 167
Edward 193, 197, 232
Fitzwilham 389
Joseph 232
Mary (HaU) 387, 389-392
Sartell, Josiah 199, 200
Savage, John 71
Sawder, Abner 341, 342
Ehzabeth (m. Stevens) 342
Jacob 33, 163, 297
Joseph 342
Joshua 342
Mary 341,342
Sarah 342
William 342
Scammon, Richard 272
Scott, Joseph 332
Scribner, Daniel 136
Searle, Jeremiah 162
Seaver, Benjamin 37
Sarah (m. Hodgdon) 37
Seavey, Amos 402
Mark 279,280
Senter, Jean 13, 14
John 13, 149
Joseph 13, 102
Moses 13, 14
Reuben 13
Samuel 13, 277
Sewall, David 151
Seward, Giles 99, 181
Shackford, Deborah 181
John 22, 66, 107, 126, 181, 247
William 107, 356
Shannon, Cutts 21
Mary 21
Nathaniel 441
Shaw, (Batchelder) 60
Benjamin B 137
Gideon 137
Ichabod 342
INDEX
477
Shaw, continued.
Jonathan 31
Joseph 420,426
Rachel (Brown) 137
Sheafe, Jacob 99, 177, 178
Thomas 193
Shedd, Susanna (Johnson) 58
Sheffield, 272
Sherburne, — (Batchclder) 60
Ann (m. Langdon) 129, 130
Deborah 434,435
Dorothy (m. Oilman) 130
Henry 131,132,279
Henry, Jr 99
John 172, 307, 434, 435
Jonathan 99
Katharine (m. Odiorne) 307
Mehitabel (Peirce) 1
Nathaniel 177
Samuel 129, 131, 132
Shirley, James 93
John 92,93
Mary 92
Shores, Peter 99
Peter, Jr 99
Shortridge, Richard 9
Shute, Phoebe (Jewett) 140, 141
Sias, Joseph 19, 21, 24, 95, 271
Simes, Joseph 11, 189
Simpson, John 191, 221,-330
Josiah 44
Thomas 248, 296
Slade, Abigail 355
Sleeper, Benjamin 371, 372
Sloane, David 348, 349
Eleanor (m. Murray) .... 348, 349
Elizabeth 348,349
John 348,349
William 348, 349
Smiley, David 328-330
Elizabeth (Christie) 328, 329
William 326,327,330
Smith, Abigail 322-324
Abigail (Robinson) 428, 429
Abraham 222
Smith, continued.
Agnes 314
Andrew 119
Benjamin .. 15, 17, 213, 214, 323, 324
Comfort (m. Chcslcy) 17
Daniel. . . 182, 183, 185, 187-189, 428
David 45
Deborah 182, 183
Deborah (m. Giilmorc) 183
Ebenezer 15-17, 186
Edward 240
Elizabeth 182, 189
Elizabeth (m. Clifford) 190
Elizabeth (m. Dwyer) 184
Francis 312, 313, 315, 316
Hannah 182, 185, 188, 189
Huldah 322-324
Jabez 426,432,441
Jacob 189, 190
Jean 369, 370
Joanna (Hobbs) 412
John 16-19, 26, 148, 157
182, 183, 185, 186, 188, 189, 213
216, 269, 347
John, 3d 292
Jonathan 233, 362, 363
Joseph 182-189, 213, 215
Josiah 286
Love 322
Lydia (Hoyt) 403, 4M
Lydia (Norris) 79
Margaret 15, 18, 312, 314, 315
Margaret (m. Frost) 16
Martha 1
Mary 16, 18, 119
Mary (PJastman) 394
Mehitabel (Norris) 79
Paul 322
Rachel 281
Rachel (m. Patterson) 369
Reuben 363
Richard 106, 206, 394
Samuel 118,119,182,183
185, 186, 189
Sarah (Hoyt) 404
478
INDEX
Smith, continued.
Sarah (Rand) 47
Silvanus 322, 323
Solomon 313,314
Susanna (m. Todd) 369
Theophilus 13, 208, 213, 245
251, 256, 257, 275, 280-282, 294
295, 301, 332, 401, 417, 432
Theophilus, Jr 13, 26
WiUiam 156, 312, 313, 315
347, 369
Snell, Reuben 348
Samuel 76
Solomon 76
Snow, Dorcas 216
Spead, Ann 293
Benjamin 293
Ebenezer 293
Elizabeth 293, 294
John 293, 294
Lydia 293,294
Mary 293
Thomas 293, 294
Sprague, Hannah (Pray) 279
Stackpole, Abigail (Hobbs) 412, 413
WiUiam 88
Stanyan, Jacob 110
Stark, John 118, 211, 212
William 118
Stavers, Catherine (Walker) 266
John 266
Lucy 266
Sterling, Hugh 209
Stevens, 418
Alcock 232
Benjamin 233, 297, 298
David 419
Ebenezer 106
Edward 120, 233, 362
Elizabeth (Sawyer) 342
Hubbard 20,76
Jonathan 124
Joseph 76, 292
Mary (Doe) 150
Moses 55, 88, 89, 152, 419
Stevens, continued.
Nathaniel 205
Samuel 134, 353, 375
Sarah (Wiggin) 27
Thomas 124
WiUiam 342
Stevenson, Abraham 18
Stewart, Charles 158
Stickney, Abigail (Wingate) 26
Stiles, WUliam 412
Stilson, WiUiam 2, 19-21, 39
Stinson, Agnes (CaldweU) 230
Elizabeth 119
John 118,119
StockeU, Mary 89, 90
Mary (m. Fernald) 90
Robert 89
Stone, Benjamin 124
Nathaniel 153
Samuel 304
Stoodley, Ehzabeth (Doe) 150
James 66, 98, 99, 150
Storer, John 348
Straw, Jonathan 318
Mary (Carr) 318,319
Strobridge, John 304
Sullivan, John 39, 106, 126, 185
255, 298, 301, 414
Swain, Jonathan 377, 378
Swan, John 157
Joshua 25
Swett, Benjamin 6
Jonathan 138, 139, 150
Mary (Doe) 150
Mary (HiUiard) 14, 15
Taggart, James 105
Thomas 105
Tarbox, Ebenezer 276
Esther 276
James 276
Jane 276
Lamed 276
Lucy 276
Lydia 276
INDEX
479
Tarbox, continued.
Mary 276
Noah 276,277
Susanna 276
Tash, Thomas 213
Tasker, John 126
Taylor, Abigail 335
David 7
Dorothy 130
Eleazer 335
Jacob 102
Joel 335
John 285
Margaret (Kelso) 7
Rachel 333,334
Timothy 333, 334
Tenney, Samuel 264, 266
Tewksbury, Benjamin 36
Miriam (Dimond) 36
Thomas 172
Thing, Anna (Wilson) 264
Bartholomew 227
Benjamin 36
Daniel 226, 228
Dudley 120
Elizabeth 226
Eunice 227, 228
Martha 227, 228
Molly 227
Samuel 263
Stephen 41, 160, 162, 226-228
Thorn, Joseph 315
William 313,315,316
William, Jr 312,315
Thomas, Captain 25, 26
James 17
Joseph 213
Thompson, (Wilson) 263
Benjamin 432, 433
Daniel 429
Dorothy 433
Dorothy (m. Rideout) 433
Ebenezer 19, 171, 188, 189
213, 216, 255, 278, 292, 366
James 245
Thompson, continued.
Jonathan 182, 1^5
Joseph 188
Matthew 294,332
Nathaniel 255
Robert 182, 185
Samuel 253
Thomas 193,197
Thome, John, Jr 228, 229
Mary 228, 229
Thornton, Matthew . 93, 100, 105, 1 18, 1 19
Thurston, Abner 255
James 13, 255, 264, 266, 308
John 78
Mary 40
Samuel 39, 40
Tibbetts, Elizabeth 144
Elizabeth (m. Gould) 144
Ephraim 275
Gideon 273, 275
Joanna (Laskey) 94
Jonathan 144
Joseph 34, 278
Moses ; 413
Obadiah 144
WUliam 101
Tilton, Daniel 39, 81, 106, 332
David ... 221, 350, 351, 353, 354, 395
John 169
Joseph 435
Mary (Jones) 331
Philip 107
Samuel 248
Timothy 373
Todd, Alexander 156
Andrew 156
Ann (m. Clark) 156, 157
James 369
Jeremiah 406
Samuel 156, 157
Susanna (Smith) 369
William 92
Tolford, John 93
Wilham 403,405
Tolton, John 191
48o
INDEX
Toppan, Abigail (m. Gale) 133
Christopher 26, 137, 169, 441
EUzabeth 37
James 132, 134
John 37, 132-134, 350, 353
Sarah (Wingate) 25
Towle, Abigail 221
Anthony 172, 173
Caleb 221,344
Caleb, Jr 221,222
Jonathan 43, 106
Philip, Jr 139
Phineas 172
Ruth 221,222
Sarah 172
Simon 173
Zachariah 251
Traill, Robert 304
Trask, Nathaniel 317, 421, 430
Treadwell, Jacob 146, 192
Nathaniel 146, 147
Nathaniel, 3d 193
Samuel 192, 356
Trefethen, Abraham 221, 275
True, Henry 346, 439
Trull, David 440
Elizabeth (Johnson) 58
Samuel 440
Tuck, John 287, 288
Tucker, Benjamin 339
Elizabeth (Abbol t) 74
Isaac 151
John 74,367
Tuttle, James 35
Silas 35
Thomas 4,35
Twaddell, Agnes 252
Daniel 252
Elizabeth 252
Grizzel 252-254
James 252-254
Margaret 252
Martha 252,253
Mary 252
Robert 252
Twombly, Ann (m. Purington) 49
Daniel 49
David 48,49
John 48-50
Lydia (m. Rimnells) 48
Martha 49
Patience (Bunker) 50
Sarah 48,49
Susie (Hobbs) 412
Tobias 387
Ulmore, Jacob 440
Underbill, Ann (Glidden) 41
John 173, 322, 324, 344, 345
Underwood, Bray 279
Bray D 107
James 148, 231, 270, 330
Mary 193, 194, 197
Polly 192
Urin, James 15
Usher, John 337
Robert 334,337
Vance, Wilham 328
Varney, Benjamin 417
Mary (Estes) 385, 386
Moses 50,277
Nathaniel 4
Otis 101
Paul 4
Stephen 297
Varnum, John 59, 210, 440
Parker 210,440
Thomas 210
Vaughan, William 5, 9, 14, 19, 20
32, 39, 42, 43, 46, 51, 59, 63, 77, 80
86, 88, 91-93, 98, 106, 107, 110
119, 126-128, 134, 144, 145, 149
160, 163, 169, 174, 190, 191, 197
205, 206, 211, 220, 231, 232, 237
240, 255, 275, 280, 298, 322, 325
337, 344, 346, 348, 362, 433
Veasey, Jonathan 288, 420-^23
426, 427, 432
Vicker, Joanna 66
INDEX
481
Wadleigh, 268
Edward 136
John 136,432
Joseph 362, 420
Mary 136
Mary (Roby) 250
PhUip 136
Sarah (m. Oilman) 136
Thomas 439
Walden, Jacob 177, 193
Joseph 193
Waldron, Richard 33, 163
Thomas W 30, 127, 128, 151, 297
Walker, Catherine (m. Stavers) 266
Ehzabeth 266
Joseph 266,441
Joseph, Jr 30
Lucy 266,267
Mehitabel 267
WaUace, Robert 7, 32, 154, 338, 381
William 155
Wallis, Samuel 402
Walter, Harbord (Jones) 331
Walton, 414, 415
Elizabeth (ra. Hight) 96
Frances 95, 96
George 95-97
John 95,96
Samuel 95, 96
Shadrach 96
Ward, Abel 240,242
Elizabeth 241,242
Hannah 241,242
John 241,242
Jonathan 240-242
Melcher 241,242
Nathaniel 240-242
Warner, Daniel 1, 99, 237
Jonathan 99, 107, 176
237, 279, 304
Samuel 98,119
Warren, Benjamin 211, 413
Wason, James 383
Waters, Samuel 98
Watson, Benjamin 24
Watson, continued.
Dudley 151
Ehzabeth 272, 273
Ehzabeth (m. Howard) 273
Joanna 272
John 18
Joseph 272
Nathaniel 215
Parmenas 219
Samuel 215
Timothy 348
WiUiam 273
Watts, Elizabeth 400
Samuel 238
Weare, Daniel 224
Elizabeth (Eastman) 394
Jonathan 197, 198, 224, 244, 245
Joseph 394
Lucy (Dow) 336
Mehitabel 218
Meshech 15, 1 10, 169, 175
225, 226, 292
Nathan 137,441
Richard 175
Thomas W 218
Webster, Abel 147
Daniel 404,405
Enos 236, 358
Isaac 87,231
Jeremy ... .77, 87, 108, 118, 134, 172
202, 231, 243, 350, 373, 395, 411
John 77,172,381
Josiah 77
Martha 77
Weeks, 436
Eleanor 15
Martha (Wingatc) 26
William 15
Welch, Abraham 180
Joseph 374
Rachel (Fuller) 180
Wendell, Ann 101
John 72,74,237,247,343
367, 368, 442
Susanna 4, 101
482
INDEX
Wentworth, Benjamin 152
Hunkmg.21, 22, 56, 66, 111, 131, 132
145, 208, 247, 266, 280, 356
John . . .36, 86, 92, 106, 131, 151, 305
Joseph 56,151, 152
Joshua 67,178,246
Madam 305
Rachel 152
Rebecca 131
Sarah 348
Thomas 72
Wheat, Josiah 1
Solomon 1
Thomas 1
Wheelock, Eleazer 217
Wheelwright, Jeremiah 72
Whidden, Samuel 149
Whipple, Joseph 146, 147
Oliver 99
WiUiam 99,192,364
White, Nicholas 419
Robert 191
William 322
Whitehouse, Edward 411
Whiting, Joseph 102
Whitney, James 101, 102
Wliittier, Benjamin 232
Wibird, Anthony 219
Elizabeth 175
Richard 174, 176, 177, 179
Thomas 177, 217, 219
Wiear, Jane (Duncan) 105
John 105, 301
Robert 329
Wiggin, Andrew, Jr 28
Bridget (m. Evans) 27
Coker 142
Deborah (m. Doe) 27
Elizabeth 27
John 27, 28
Levi 27, 28
Martha 27
Mary (Jewett) 140, 141
Nathaniel 28
Samuel 28
Wiggin, continued.
Sarah (Norris) 79
Sarah (m. Stevens) 27
Stephen 27
Thomas 142
Winthrop 142
Wilder, Abigail (m. Joslin) 434
Abigail 434
Abijah 434
Andrew 433,434
Calvin 434
David 434
Elizabeth (m. Bennett) 434
John 434
Peter 434
Thomas 433,434
Willard, Josiah 434
Josiah, Jr 434
Willey, AbigaU 255
John 18, 188, 255
Jonathan 255
Samuel 188
Thomas 171, 188
William 188
Wilhams, John 1, 183, 184
John P 356
Joseph . 19
Samuel . . .- 19
Thomas . , . V 342
Walter . 15
WUson, 322, 323
(m. Thompson) 263
Alexander 32
Anna 260,261,265
Anna (m. Thing) 264
David 32
Elizabeth 261
EUzabeth (m. Kimball) 264
Increase 255, 257, 258, 263-265
John . . . .256, 258, 259, 261, 263-265
Joshua 255-257, 264
Judith 260,261
Judith (m. OdHn) 263, 265
Mary 259,260
Mary (m. Odlin) 263, 264
INDEX
483
Wilson, continued.
Priscilla 255, 256, 259, 265
PrisciUa (m. Blunt) 263, 265
Robert 32, 86
Thomas 258, 259, 263, 265
Wingate, Aaron 51-53
Abigail (m. Stickney) 26
Anna 53
Daniel 52
Elizabeth (m. Newman) 26
Jane (m. Chase) 26
John 26,51,52,54,366
Jonathan 52
Joshua 25, 26, 52
152, 167, 272, 273
Love (m. Gookin) 26
Martha (m. Weeks) 26
Mary 25
Mary (m. Pickering) 25
Mehitabel 53
Moses 51-54
Paine 25
Samuel 52
Sarah 51
Sarah (m. Ham) 53
Sarah (m. Toppan) 25
Winkley, Francis 65
Francis, Jr 65
Susanna 37
Winn, Benjamin 198
James 198
Judith 198
Winsley, Samuel 290
Winthrop, Jane (Borland) 211, 212
JohnS 211
Wood, Daniel 87
Mary (Philpot) 87
Woodburn, David 14
Woodbury, Azariah 330
Woodbury, continued.
Klisha 220,315,316
Israel 330
William 326
Woodman, Betty 407, 410
Daniel 407-411
Joseph 407-410
Nathaniel 234, 235
237, 357, 3()0
Samuel 17
Tabitha 407,410
Woolson, Jonas 153
Worthen, David 93
Elizabeth 93
Ezekiel 93,245
Jonathan 93
Wright, Abel 115
Ebenezer 115
Eunice 115
John 102
Joseph. .25, 174, 220, 267, 312, 313
Oliver 115
Peter 115
Thomas 115
Wyman, Aaron 59
Levi 267
Patience 267
Seth 57
York, John 240
Richard 240
Sarah 240
Young, David 41
Elizabeth (Bickford) 125
John 158
Joseph 114, 213, 216, 396
Richard 28
Temperance (Bickford) 125
Thomas 163, 268
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